Four Bones

The following appeared in the current quarterly publication of  The Potash Kettle, produced by the Green Mountain Folklore Society. It was submitted by Rachel Koier, written by an unknown author. Certainly rings true....

Someone has said that membership in every association is made up of four kinds of bones:

There are the "wish" bones who spend their time wishing someone else would do the work.

There are the "jaw" bones who do all the talking but very little else.

Next there are the "knuckle" bones who knock everything that anyone ever tries to do.

And finally there are the "back" bones who get under the load and do the work.

Source: The Potash Kettle, Quarterly Publication of the Green Mountain Folklore Society, Vol. 48, No. 4, Summer 2000.