Re: Cleese

That is hilarious!  :-D

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From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 04:56:22 -0400

>ditto
>
>At 10:06 PM 4/20/03 -0700, you wrote:
>>Thanks, David, definitely worth forwarding!
>>--Barbara Tandy, California
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
>>To: "Garden" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 9:18 PM
>>Subject: [CHAT] Cleese
>>
>>
>> > Do to overwhelming response (ok, there were three of you) I took into my
>> > own hands to forward to the group.  I don't forward jokes as a rule but
>> > because of the magnificent social/political repercussions of our latest
>> > soire I thought this was relevant.
>> >
>> > DF
>> >
>> > Axis of Evil Wannabes
>> >
>> > by John Cleese
>> >
>> > Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil," Libya,
>> > China,
>> > and Syria today announced they had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil,"
>> > which they
>> > said would be more evil than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis
>> > President
>> > Bush warned of in his State of the Union address.
>> >
>> > Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new axis as
>> > having, for
>> > starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are Just as Evil...in their
>> > dreams!"
>> > declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best
>> > evils... best at being evil...we're the best."
>> >
>> > Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded,
>> > although they
>> > conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil. "They told us
>> > it was
>> > full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
>> >
>> > "An Axis can't have more than three countries," explained Iraqi
>> > President Saddam
>> > Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II you had
>> > Germany,
>> > Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So, you can only have three, and a
>> > secret
>> > handshake. Ours is wickedly cool."
>> >
>> > International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as
>> > within
>> > minutes, France surrendered.
>> >
>> > Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate status in
>>what
>> > became a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan, and Serbia said they
>>had
>> > formed the "Axis of Somewhat Evil," forcing Somalia to join with Uganda
>>and
>> > Myanmar in the "Axis of Occasionally Evil," while Bulgaria, Indonesia
>> > and Russia
>> > established the "Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As Just Generally
>> > Disagreeable."
>> >
>> > With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling
>> > up...Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the
>> > "Axis of
>> > Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the
>> > Olympics."
>> >
>> > Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the "Axis of Nations That Are
>>Actually
>> > Quite Nice But Secretly Have Some Nasty Thoughts About America," while
>> > Scotland,
>> > New Zealand and Spain established the "Axis of Countries That Be Allowed
>> > to Ask
>> > Sheep to Wear Lipstick." "That's not a threat, really, just something we
>> > like to
>> > do," said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.
>> >
>> > While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't perhaps making
>> > fun of
>> > him, a cautious Bush granted approval for most axes, although he
>> > rejected the
>> > establishment of the Axis of Countries Whose Names End in "Guay,"
>> > accusing one
>> > of its members of filing a false application. Officials from Paraguay,
>> > Uruguay,
>> > and Chadguay denied the charges.
>> >
>> > Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, but
>>privately,
>> > leaders said that's only because no one asked them.
>> >
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