A MODERN DAY FAIRY TALE
The Archangel Gabriel came down from Heaven on one of his weekly visits to Planet CockUp. He was walking thru Downtown Capitoloftheworld when he spotted Geo "Big Guns" Bush & Tony "Big Mouth" Blair sitting outside A Fashionable Cafe having coffee. Being a simple straight up sorta guy, Geo had a large regular coffee, no sugar, cream or any of those shaking, squirty things that are all the rage these days.
On the other hand, Tony was being his usual man of the world, hip wannabe rock star & had a mocha with cinnamon syrup added, served with foam and cinnamon on top rather than whipped cream.
The 2 of them were in deep conservation discussing the merits of Brokeback Mountain.
"I haven't seen it" said Geo., "Walk the Line is more my kinda movie. It's about a man I can understand."
Tony nodded, "I agree, all this sweaty men will be men stuff is not for me"
At that moment a large shadow fell across the war mongers table. The 2 of them looked up at the distraction. "Gabby" Tony exclaimed from behind a false smile. "Great to see ya"
"Yeah, Heavens Angel. How's tricks Gab." added George
"A lot better than either of yours" Gabriel replied, folding his wings & sitting down. "Youze both flying on a wing & a prayer, no chance of getting anywhere fast"
"Hang on a minute" said Tony, "It's not easy imposing democracy on people who only know dictators"
"That's darn tootin' true Tony," agreed Geo, "But we are gettin' there & folks knows we are determined to see a Fashionable Cafe in every Iraqi
neighborhood"
"Not the way you are doing it you wont," said Gabriel, "and your tickets into Heaven are not certain. Makes me sad George but you'll never get to Heaven if you break my heart. and Tony the stairway to Heaven is littered with mishaps and distractions."
"We are modern day Crusaders" said George emphaticaly
"Fighting tyrany" said Tony forcefully
"Do you know the way to Armagedon ?" asked Gabriel, "cos it's full of rocks, pitfalls & pestalance. Still, I'm sure you two know what's best
Now enjoy your coffee fellahs, tempis fugits The Grim Reaper is sharpening his blade" and with that the Archangel with one swift bound vanished into the sun.
"Critics" said Tony, "what does he know
"Less than the CIA" added George.
"And that's not much" said Tony
"Maybe" said George, "but it is a requirement of the US constitution that the president shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. But that Archangel is not in Congress. Not yet awhile, anyway."
"You wanna another coffee George ?" George shook his head. "Nah but there's a neat little bar just down the street if you fancy a beer"
"You don't drink George" said Tony earnestly
"Very true, but I enjoy a drop of cold Adam's Ale, that only makes you pee"
"True," said Tony "So 2 Adam's Ale and don't piss on your own boots, there's plenty of false prophets who'll do it for you."
"And they're no angels" concluded George.
Great one, Oak man. I have a funny, too. Back later when I find it.
Hope no one has posted this yet:
A man enters a bar and orders a drink. The bar has a robot bartender.
The robot serves him a perfectly prepared cocktail, and then asks him,
"What's your IQ?"
The man replies "150" and the robot proceeds to make conversation
about global warming factors, quantum physics and spirituality,
biomimicry, environmental interconnectedness, string theory,
nano-technology, and sexual proclivities
The customer is very impressed and thinks, "This is really cool." He
decides to test the robot. He walks out of the bar, turns around, and
comes back in for another drink. Again, the robot serves him the
perfectlty prepared drink and asks him, "What's your IQ?"
The man responds, "about a 100."
Immediately the robot starts talking, but this time, about football,
NASCAR, baseball, supermodels, favorite fast foods, guns, and women's
breasts.
Really impressed, the man leaves the bar and decides to give the robot
one more test. He heads out and returns, the robot serves him and asks,
"What's your IQ?"
The man replies, "Er, 50, I think."
And the robot says... real slowly... "So............... ya gonna vote
for Bush again?"
Sent to me by the Wizard of Light
er, T.M. George Bush. You know, the president of the U.S.? <smile>
dontcha hate it when you gotta explain a joke?
ETA - I think TrickMaster may have tricked you
You're right, Intrepid, and I bit. Now, if you will, explain ETA.
Sure thing, Letty.
ETA = extra text added
I edited and was being honest about that ;-)
Gotcha, Intrepid. I thought it might mean, "estimated time of arrival."
