Okay here goes:
There is this child in 1st grade and he's doing poorly in school. His dad is concerned and asked what he can do to help. The child tells his father "Dad, if you get me 2 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The child gets 2 pink ping pong balls and gets his grades up and moves onto second grade.
In 2nd grade, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 4 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 4 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto third grade.
In 3rd grade, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Papa, if you get me 8 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 8 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto fourth grade.
In 4th grade, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Daddy, if you get me 16 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 16 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto fifth grade.
In 5th grade, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 32 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 32 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto sixth grade.
In 6th grade, he's not doing well again. He tells his papa, "Father, if you get me 64 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 64 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto seventh grade.
In 7th grade, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 128 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 128 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto 8th grade.
Now, after all the ups and downs of the child's academic career in grade school, the father very much wants his son to do well his final year. Alas, he is not.
He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 256 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 256 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his freshman year of high school.
During his freshman year, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 512 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 512 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his sophomore year of high school.
During his sophomore year, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Bro, if you get me 1,024 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 1,024 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his junior year of high school.
Now, as you all know, junior year is an extremely important year for colleges to look at so the father very much wants his son to do very well. Alas, he is not, once again.
During his junior year, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 2,048 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 2,048 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his senior year of high school with a good GPA for colleges to look at.
During his senior year, he's not doing well again and his dad wants him to leave high school on a high note and get good grades. He tells his dad, "Papa Bear, if you get me 4,096 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 4,096 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his freshman year of college.
During his freshman year, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 8,192 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 8,192 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his sophomore year of college.
During his sophomore year, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 16,384 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 16,384 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his junior year of college.
During his junior year, he's not doing well again. He tells his dad, "Dad, if you get me 32,768 pink ping pong balls, I'll get my grades up." The kid gets 32,768 pink ping pong balls, gets his grades up and moves onto his senior year of college.
Now, at this point, the son has been on his college's D1 football team for every year. So, one night, during a game, he get's tackled. He get's tackled very hard. He is taken by an ambulance to an ER where they review the extent of his injuries. He has broken his neck and it seems as though he's not going to make it much longer. The doctor approached the father and says "I don't believe you have much time left with your son, if you have anything to say to him, you should do it now." Listening to the warning of the doctor, the man goes up to his son and says "Son, I have to ask. All these years, all these pink ping pong balls. Why?" And the son dies.
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May it stay forever strong
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