telling it like it is
Dan Rather, Katie Couric, and a tough Marine Sergeant were all captured
by terrorists in Iraq.
The leader of the terrorists told them that he would grant them each one
last request before they were beheaded.
Dan Rather said, 'Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of hot
spicy chili'. The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned
with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, 'Now I can die content.'
Katie Couric said, 'I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape
recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen. Maybe
someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the
end.' The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and
Couric dictated some comments. She then said, 'Now I Can die happy.'
The leader turned and said, 'And now, Mr. Marine tough guy, what is your
final wish?'
'Kick me in the ass,' said the Marine.
'What?' asked the leader? 'Will you mock us in your last hour?' 'No, I'm
not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass,' insisted the Marine.
So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the ass. The
Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from
under his flack jacket, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting
confusion, he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine and
sprayed the terrorists with Gunfire. In a flash, all of them were either
dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the marine was untying Rather and Couric, they asked him, 'Why didn't
you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask them to kick you in
the ass first?'
What???' replied the Marine, 'and have you two (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)s report that I was
the aggressor?'
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"I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right."
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Frank Zappa
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