Dave's life philosophy is not without pitfalls.

You don't have to 'Give A $h1t" as long as you know jack $h1t.

For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt?

We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt!' Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.

Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one son, Jack.

In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.

Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.

Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.

Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.

Now when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt,' you can correct them.

I tried that with my wife once...once.

I just got a phone call as I was reading this blog that my RV got vandalized while it was in the shop for transmission work......

Who gives a s#!+ indeed!!!!!!!

F--- it. I have a new jar of 'shine. That will help solve the problem.

The only problem is that tomorrow I will give a s---.

WA Mthunter... if you don't know your $h1t, then nobody does! LMAO
Next blog should revolve around people that don't know their A$$ from a hole in the ground... been wondering about that crowd as well! Any thoughts?

Same thing happened to me today, Dave. My wife and I went to the range, and I fired two rifles in preparation for a Nevada elk hunt--my old 7mm Weatherby, and a .338 built on a Sako action. Both rifles have turned in sensational groups in the past and have accounted for dozens of animals. Today--5-shot group with the 7mm in 2-1/8"; two shots with the .338 2-1/2" high but left almost two inches, third shot at 12 o'clock. Three more shots with same result--two slightly to the left, then the last shot at 12 o'clock.

"To hell with it," I said. "Let's go home. Nothing wrong with the rifles. I obviously can't shoot the way I used to."

De latenter vivendo

WA Mtnhunter-
You are either a philosopher on the same level as Confucius, or know way too much about the Jack Schitt family tree to be a mere genealogist. Are you by chance related?

ingebrigtsen-
Please enlighten me on what Plutarch has to do with the topic at hand?

Its a good motto, stops one from getting stressed on the small things, sometimes the big things too.

Moishe,
I'd offer you some of this jar, but there's no telling what fights you'd get in or what you'd bed down with!

I humbly apologize for the plagiarism. I just copied and pasted the Jack S--- story. The devil made me do it, I just could not help myself. I even laughed at it myself.

I hope I did not offend anyone, but then again, I don't give a $h!t if it did!

WA Mtnhunter-
The most dreaded duty roster of all was the s**t burning detail. I have found myself on the roster and in or near the Schitt House on occasions too numerous to mention. LMAO

Dave, To truly be happy you have to know when to give a sh*t and when not to give a sh*t based on likely outcomes. Kind of like "know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em" if you will.
loved the Schitt family history. Some guys can really write. Where do they come up with this sh*t?

The Schitt family pioneered some territory in Texas, I believe. There is a spring-fed body of water there known as Schitt Creek. Jack's wife, Noe, was born in Shinola, KS, and after her marriage was known as Noe Schitt from Shinola. When she and Jack divorced, it was noted by her attorney that in her settlement she had "taken a good Schitt."

Maybe that's my problem,...I always give a sh*t. I'll have to try this approach.

once you hit a certain point in your life, that is fine. lets face it Dave, you have paid your dues, so if that is how you feel, great. but, in a younger person who is starting out in life, if he (or she) has that attitude, they are going nowhere! that is precisely the attitude that many, many people complain about with way to many wal-mart employees. when you have no control over a given situation, well, what are you going to do? but, if the whole country took that attitude, our gun rights, hell, all of our rights would go right out the door, and some country like China would just waltz in and take over. then lets see you say, "who gives a ship! besides, i would bet that if our rights were on the line, you would stand up and fight just as hard as any of us. there are certain situations where it is fine, but i dont think that it is a way to live your life!

I started saying 'what?' from time to time 15 years ago.
But lately it's become part of my daily vocabulary and a few weeks ago, when I was pulled over by a cop who asked, "Do you ... ... I ...". and I replied, "What?" he did not look happy. I nodded, knowingly, when he spoke again and he just waved me on.

So I went to the V.A. hospital where they excavated me for a hearing aid. Tomorrow I go back for the installation. Like most long-time shooters, the ear opposite the side from which I shoot is the most hearing impaired. I'll probably only use it/them for movies and T.V., but...who gives a s...?

Man, that's awesome. There's the key to a no-stress lifestyle! Next time I can't get a rifle to group I think I'll give that a try.....

Just tell him to take out every other letter and see what he has....

I don't know, Del. I just copied it. I wonder when they have the time.

WMH

WA Mtnhunter,
That is a great story. Do they all still live at that huge place called the Schitt House?

Who gives a s**t?

He who's full of s**t!

I like "paso por aqui". We are all just passing by, so don't sweat the small stuff. In American vernacular, it translates into "who gives a sh#t".

My favorite good-for-most-situations reply is taken from the book "Semi-Tough" by Dan Jenkins. Trying to calm a nervous fellow player before the Super Bowl, his buddy says: "Just remember, no matter what happens 600 million Chinamen won't give a sh*t." (I'm quoting as well as I can recall since I loaned the book to a friend and he lost it).
Works almost all the time.

Well as for words to live by lately it's been I know the difference, and HIS is not shinola. I've been not giving aa chit for a little while lately, like maybe my give a dam broke, I don't know. It's very tiring to pay attention to how terrible things are getting, I don't have any idea how my ol lady watches the news, and glenn beck and all. I'd be a nutcase (though there are those that would argue that'd be no signifigant change)

I think I was in Shinola, KS once. Or it might have been Shinola, Nebraska. I can't recall.....

Some days are just better than others when comes to shooting. I to have just foldedup shopand gone homefor another day. Works fine for me and saves Ammo and my elegion. When was in Wy for a Lope hunt we all had to go to the range and prove we could hit the target. I had my 700 Custom 25-06 and had praticeda lot. My first shot at the bull was 2" directly above it and i said to the instructor thats fine. He ask don;t you care to shoot more, I told him why screw me up, as i'm happy with my shot and the shot at the Lope is gonna be a cold bbl and hopefully one shot. Truth behold, thats what happened. I zero all my hunting rifles at 200yds and if a Rocky Mtn hunt at 200 + 1" for out there. And some days due to many reasons we can shoot better than othes, can be our frame of mind, weather, temp and the ammo or the scope and gun. But with the LeupoldDDT's thescope is not a problem as a rule. Those Nikons are my cup of tea. Shoot-um-often and straight.

I really needed this today guys! Just got oveer e three day bout with the Schmitts! Dr. Gave me Lomotil and finally got the "Cork" to work again, good thing I did nit read the yesterday! {8^D

My Drill SGT told that story to my Basic training platoon in 1959, so its been floating around ( Maybe a bad choice of words) for many years , always funny and people keep adding to it.

......those PETA/anti posts would definitely qualify in the s--- category.