Stephen Simmons

January 18, 2023

Are you a wild boar, or a fox?

More than 2,600 years ago, a Greek guy called Aesop started telling stories with amazing life lessons at the end.

Most of them were about animals. He told tales of ants and grasshoppers, lions and mice, and you’ve already heard the one with the tortoise and the hare, right?

But the story we love most at Umpire, is the one about the Wild Boar and the Fox...

One day, a fox was in the forest looking for food, when he saw a wild boar rubbing his tusks against the trunk of a tree. “There are no hunters out today, Mr Boar, so why are you doing that?” asked the Fox.

The Wild Boar replied: “If I don't do it now, I might not get time to sharpen my tusks when I need them the most."

It’s a magical lesson about always being prepared for the bad times to come.

Why do we love that story so much?

Because even though it’s impossible to predict when a fire or flood could destroy your home, you can prepare for the worst by knowing exactly who to call in a crisis.

If you have fire damage, water damage or mold problems, our local experts will…

  • Be there to clean up the mess in as soon as one hour
  • Have your home clean, dry, and disinfected fast
  • And save you around 44% on the bill

Simply book instantly online, and we’ll take care of everything else.

Be the wild boar.

Thanks to @ Dave Harland for writing this guest post! As always, call us if any questions or to find out how we can help protect you. Thanks for reading.

P.S. If you said you’d be a fox, it’s probably best to call the wild boar when anything bad happens.

About Stephen Simmons

Hey all! As the Founder, most of my time is spent making people happy after water, fire, or mold damage @ Umpire Mitigation and downsizing or deep cleaning at its sister company Clean Up Partners (launching 2024). As a Co-Founder in other ventures, I enjoy working with different partners at Threadly Serious and Frame and Paper. Randomly, I enjoy posting business thoughts here.