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Politics : THE BIN LADEN LOVERS' HALL OF SHAME AKA THE BIN LAUNDRY LIST -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (250)	11/26/2001 9:22:05 PM
From: Chip McVickar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 383

Patrick..., Hello there....! Here's some Irish humor for ya....! ************** > > Osama bin Laden was sitting in his cave wondering whom to invade > > > next when > > > his telephone rang. > > > > > > "Hallo, Mr. Laden" a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy > > > down at the Harp Pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing to > > > inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!" > > > > > > "Well, Paddy," Osama replied, "This is indeed important news! How > > > big is your > > > army?" > > > > > > "Right now," said Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is > > > myself, my cousin Sean, my next door neighbor Seamus, and the > > > entire dart team from the pub. That makes eight!" > > > > > > Osama paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have one million > > > men in my army > > > waiting to move on my command." > > > > > > "Begorra!", said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back!" > > > > > > Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr. Laden, the > > > war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry > > > equipment!" > > > > > > "And what equipment would that be, Paddy?" Osama asked. > > > > > > "Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's farm > > > tractor." > > > > > > Osama sighed. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 16,000 tanks > > > and 14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my > > > army to 1-1/2 million since we last spoke." > > > > > > "Saints preserve us!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you." > > > > > > Sure enough, Paddy rang again the next day. "Mr. Laden, the war > > > is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've > > > modified Harrigan's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the > > > cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock Pub have joined us as > > > well!" > > > > > > Osama was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I > > > must tell you, Paddy, that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 > > > fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by > > > laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. > > > > > > And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!" > > > > > > "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!", said Paddy, "I'll have to ring you > > > back." > > > > > > Sure enough, Paddy called again the next day. "Top o' the > > > mornin', Mr. Laden! > > > I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war." > > > > > > "I'm sorry to hear that," said Osama. "Why the sudden change of > > > heart?" > > > > > > "Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a bunch of > > > pints, and decided there's no way we can feed two million > > > prisoners." > > >