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The following is a comment I found on a YouTube video I was watching.
An old farmer was talking to his friend and said, "Well, the way I see it, Donald Trump is like a post tortoise." Not being familiar with the term, his friend asked, "What's a post tortoise?"
The old farmer replied, "When you're driving down a country road and come across a tortoise balanced on a fence post, that's a post tortoise."
Looking at the puzzled look on his friend's face, the farmer continued to explain. "You know the turtle didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he is up there, he's elevated above his ability to function and you just can't stop wondering what kind of dumb asshole put him there."
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)That explains the situation.
cayugafalls
(5,645 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,845 posts)Molly Ivin's (RIP) favorite quote during the Cheney/Rumsfeld period.......
W and Trump are basically serving as a distraction/diversion while they (RepubliCON Senators) are destroying the U.S. from behind the curtin and in the shadows ....
cayugafalls
(5,645 posts)Gosh, I miss Molly.
Faux pas
(14,691 posts)densan
(61 posts)Perfect...
wendyb-NC
(3,330 posts)He never belonged there.
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)Only wish those "farmers" who still support the thief were able to clearly think their way through the current situation......
NNadir
(33,561 posts)Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)Applies to both.
ffr
(22,672 posts)Perfect!
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Wrong turtle.
lastlib
(23,309 posts)Karadeniz
(22,574 posts)burrowowl
(17,652 posts)MLAA
(17,335 posts)He used the same story to demonstrate the tortoise didnt get there by himself, he had help from others just as the graduates didnt come this far by only their own efforts.
I like the your version best.
PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)Different Drummer
(7,650 posts)PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)turtle on a post metaphor and it gave me a chuckle. Glad it did for you as well.