it's an old story about a man, his son and their donkey are going into down and at first everybody is walking but as they walk by a village the people are talking smack and saying that somebody should ride the donkey, because that's what he's for. so the son gets on and they pass another village and the people are talking smack again saying, "why is the son riding the donkey and his poor father has to walk!" so then the son gets off and the dad gets on and they pass another village and the people, talking their usual smack say, "look at that poor young boy walking while his father rides the donkey."

anyway the moral of the story is, people are always talking smack. no matter what you do.