A North Dakota farmer, Osama Bin Laden, and George W. Bush found a genie in a bottle. The genie told them, "I'll grant each of you one wish."
The farmer thinks about it for a minute and says, "My family has farmed our land for many generations and, God willing, will for many more. I wish that the land may remain fertile forever."
The genie says, "That's an easy one," and made it so.
Then Bin Laden says, "I wish for a mighty fortress, where my soldiers and I can gather, a fortress utterly impregnable to any assault the decadent west can muster."
The genie says, "That's a little tough, but I'll take a crack at it." And he created a fabulous fortress where Bin Laden and his followers secured themselves to plot their next wave of assaults.
Then the genie turned to G.W. and asked, "What would you like?"
G.W. thought about it a minute and said, "What kind of fortress did you creat for Bin Laden?"
The genie said, "Oh, it's truely fabulous. It has solid steel gates ten feet thick, and stone and iron and concrete walls 40 feet thick and 500 feet high."
G.W. said, "My, that does sound impressive. Now fill it with water."
The farmer thinks about it for a minute and says, "My family has farmed our land for many generations and, God willing, will for many more. I wish that the land may remain fertile forever."
The genie says, "That's an easy one," and made it so.
Then Bin Laden says, "I wish for a mighty fortress, where my soldiers and I can gather, a fortress utterly impregnable to any assault the decadent west can muster."
The genie says, "That's a little tough, but I'll take a crack at it." And he created a fabulous fortress where Bin Laden and his followers secured themselves to plot their next wave of assaults.
Then the genie turned to G.W. and asked, "What would you like?"
G.W. thought about it a minute and said, "What kind of fortress did you creat for Bin Laden?"
The genie said, "Oh, it's truely fabulous. It has solid steel gates ten feet thick, and stone and iron and concrete walls 40 feet thick and 500 feet high."
G.W. said, "My, that does sound impressive. Now fill it with water."
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