OT: Political Intelligence

[Rich Grise]

One day President Bush, John Kerry, the Pope, and a boy scout were
flying together in an airplane. Right out in the middle of nowhere the
plane developed engine trouble and started to go down. Unfortunately,
only three parachutes could be found for the four passengers! Kerry
grabbed one of the parachutes and declared "Fellow countrymen, as
the leader who will rescue America from the republicans, my life must be
spared." And he jumped out of the plane. Then Bush exclaimed "As leader
of the greatest nation on earth, I must keep the world safe for democracy."
And with that he too grabbed a pack and jumped. Now if you are following
all this (or counting on your fingers) you must see that there is only one
parachute left for the two remaining passengers. The Pope looked kindly
upon the boy scout and said "I have had a long and productive life, my son.
You take the parachute and leave me in God's hands." "That's very kind of
you," the observant scout replied, "but there is no need. President Bush
just jumped out with my knapsack."

 

[Rich Grise]

On Sunday 03 October 2004 09:48 pm, Mac did deign to grace us with the
following:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 04:19:16 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:
[a rewording of some standard lame joke]
I heard this basic joke 25 or so years ago, at which time I was just a
kid. Obviously the cast of characters was different. I think it was Nixon,
the pope, a hippy, and some business man. Maybe it was Kissinger instead
of Nixon. I don't remember anymore.

Yeah, there aren't really all that many different jokes, it's just different

ways of retelling the same joke - the biggest joke of all, which is, of
course, life itself. ;-)

During terms of presidential philandering, it's:
Our Guy: "Women and Children First"
Their guy #2: "Fuck the women and children"
Their guy #1: "Do we have time?"

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Clarence]

"Tom Seim" <soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Nothing about the topic of the news group.

 

[Mac]

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:55:56 -0700, Tom Seim wrote:

Mac <foo@bar.net> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.10.04.04.48.40.173940@bar.net>...
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 04:19:16 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:

One day President Bush, John Kerry, the Pope, and a boy scout were
flying together in an airplane. Right out in the middle of nowhere the
plane developed engine trouble and started to go down. Unfortunately,
[snip]
parachute left for the two remaining passengers. The Pope looked
kindly upon the boy scout and said "I have had a long and productive
life, my son. You take the parachute and leave me in God's hands."
"That's very kind of you," the observant scout replied, "but there is
no need. President Bush just jumped out with my knapsack."

I heard this basic joke 25 or so years ago, at which time I was just a
kid. Obviously the cast of characters was different. I think it was
Nixon, the pope, a hippy, and some business man. Maybe it was Kissinger
instead of Nixon. I don't remember anymore.

--Mac

Yes, it was Kissinger. The joke goes:

Kissinger: "As the smartest man on Earth it my reponsibility to save
myself for mankind"

The rejoinder goes something like: "Don't worry, the smartest man on
Earth just jumped out with my backpack!"

This version just doesn't carry water; the humor was about someone so
smart he mistook a backpack (not a knapsack!) for a parachute. This
version just goes flat.

Recycled jokes out to be outlawed!

Agreed.

By the way, thanks for refreshing my memory.

Tom

--Mac

 

[John Larkin]

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:07:09 GMT, "Clarence" <no@No.com> wrote:

Nothing about the topic of the news group.

So, what are you working on lately?

John

 

[Clarence]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:07:09 GMT, "Clarence" <no@No.com> wrote:

Nothing about the topic of the news group.

So, what are you working on lately?
John

Hard to say. Not possible to discuss.
Does the term "TOP SECRET" ring a bell?

 

[John Larkin]

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:01:01 GMT, "Clarence" <no@No.com> wrote:

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:07:09 GMT, "Clarence" <no@No.com> wrote:

Nothing about the topic of the news group.

So, what are you working on lately?
John


Hard to say. Not possible to discuss.

Well, then don't bitch about stuff that's "off-topic."

Does the term "TOP SECRET" ring a bell?

Yeah, they use that a lot in James Bond movies.

John

 

[Clarence]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:01:01 GMT, "Clarence" <no@No.com> wrote:


"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote in
message
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:07:09 GMT, "Clarence" <no@No.com> wrote:

Nothing about the topic of the news group.

So, what are you working on lately?
John


Hard to say. Not possible to discuss.

Well, then don't bitch about stuff that's "off-topic."

Does the term "TOP SECRET" ring a bell?

Yeah, they use that a lot in James Bond movies.
John

Actually I'll bitch as much as I like.

 

[Robert Baer]

John Larkin wrote:

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:07:09 GMT, "Clarence" <no@No.com> wrote:


Nothing about the topic of the news group.





So, what are you working on lately?

John

Isn't the term "political intelligence" an oxymoron??