-Caveat Lector- http://www.RampantScotland.com/letter.htm Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office wondering who to invade next, when his telephone rang. "Hello! Mr. Hussein," a heavy accented voice said. "This is Sandy from Auchtermuchty in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!" "Well Sandy," Saddam replied, "This is indeed important news! Tell me, how big is your army?" "At this moment in time," said Sandy, "there are myself, my cousin Jimmy, my next door neighbour Jock, and the entire dominoes team from the pub -- that makes 8!" Saddam sighed, "I must tell you Sandy that I have 1 million men in my army waiting to move on my command." "Jings!" said Sandy, "I'll have to ring you back!" Sure enough, the next day Sandy rang back. "Right Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some equipment!" "And what equipment would that be, Sandy?" Saddam asked. "Well, we have 2 combine harvesters, a bulldozer and MacDonald's tractor from the farm." Once more Saddam sighed, "I must tell you, Sandy, that I have 16 thousand tanks, 14 thousand armoured personnel carriers, and my army has increased to 1 and a half million since we last spoke." "Really?!" said Sandy, "I'll have to ring you back!" Sure enough, Sandy rang again the next day. "Right Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Ted's ultra-light with a couple of rifles in the cockpit and the bridge team has joined us as well!" Saddam was silent for a minute, then sighed. "I must tell you Sandy that I have 10 thousand bombers, 20 thousand MiG19 attack planes, my military complex is surrounded by laser-guided surface-to-air missile sites, and since we last spoke, my army has increased to 2 million in anticipation of a conflict." "Och!" said Sandy, "I'll have to ring you back." Sure enough, Sandy called again the next day. "Right Mr. Hussein, I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war." "I'm sorry to hear that," said Saddam. "Why the sudden change of heart?" "Well," said Sandy "We all had a chat and there's no way we can feed 2 million prisoners." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
