Joanna
ravi wrote:
>At around 15/4/06 8:43 pm, ravi wrote:
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>>(I warn you, they will keep getting worse!)
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>[recycle++]
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>On a USO tour with Mother Teresa, Kissinger and Doug Henwood, Hitch hits
>the bottle early (could you blame him, with this sort of company?).
>Halfway through the flight, in the midst of extreme turbulence, the sole
>pilot makes a brief appearance to hand out three parachutes before
>leaping to safety using his own.
>
>Kissinger grabs one of the three packs, exclaims that the world needs a
>Nobel laureate peacemaker such as himself, and exits the plane.
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>Hitch lunges at one of the two packs, grabbing himself one, and barely
>able to conceal his glee, announces "The world needs me, for I am the
>smartest man on the planet!". And out he goes!
>
>The good lady turns to young Henwood and advices, "Good fellow, you are
>in the prime of your life. A Manhattan socialite with a far flung
>mailing list empire, you deserve to see more. I have exhausted my use on
>this planet. Please, take the remaining parachute".
>
>"No worries, grandma", responds the alert lad, "We both have parachutes.
>The smartest man in the world just jumped out with my backpack".
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>And that I believe is my quota. Good night, peace, love and all that
>other stuff that ain't gonna happen,
>
> --ravi
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