First time I saw it, the clever one was a jailbird. Now, the times they
are a-changin', so there's been an adjustment. Next thing you know, "an
Arab" and "a jailbird" will be listed as synonyms in every American
dictionary :( Still, the *idea* is amusing, however much my PC guts
are revolting... :)
From: E.H.
An old Arab man who has been living for 40 years in Idaho wanted to
cultivate potatoes in his garden, but digging up the earth was getting
to be too hard at his age. His only son, Ali, was studying in France, so
he decided to send him an e-mail explaining the situation: "Dear Ali: I
feel very disappointed because this year I'll be unable to plant my
potatoes in my garden. I am too old to plow the ground. I wish you were
here, then my problems would be solved, because you would remove the
soil for me. I love you, Dad"
"Dad: For God's sake, DO NOT remove the ground of that garden. It's
there that I have hidden 'you-know-what'. I love you, Ali"
At 4 a.m. the next day the local police, plus FBI and CIA agents, along
with Pentagon delegates, came in and turned the garden upside down
looking for dangerous material to build bombs, anthrax or whatever.
They found nothing and they left. The same day the old man received
another e-mail from his son: "Dear Dad: I am sure you can plant your
potatoes now. It was the best I could do in the current circumstances.
I love you, Ali"
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Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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