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A Popular Joke



A note from a friend...I'm sure some, if not most, of the burmese have
heard this.

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To: TUN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Shu Maung's top-10 past-time

A RECENT BURMESE JOKE:
(A YEAR OR SO AGO, THEY STARTED TO ISSUE NEW 500, 200, AND 100 KYAT 
NOTES...)
 SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE NEW CURRENCY DENOMINATIONS, 
GENERALS KHIN NYUNT, ABEL, AND TIN OO WERE FLYING IN THEIR HELICOPTER 
UP TO PAGAN.
KHIN NYUNT MUSED ALOUD " YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE ABOUT TO LAND, I'LL 
THROW OUT A COUPLE OF THE NEW K500 NOTES INTO THE CROWD AND MAKE AT 
LEAST TWO PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAPPY"
  ABEL REPLIED, "WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAME TOTAL EXPENDITURE, I'LL 
THROW OUT K200 NOTES AND MAKE FIVE PEOPLE HAPPY".
  TIN OO, NOT TO BE OUT-DONE, SHOT BACK THAT HE WOULD THROW OUT  TEN 
K100 NOTES AND SATISFY EVEN MORE PEOPLE...
AND SO THEY BEGAN TO ARGUE BACK AND FORTH OVER WHICH PLAN WOULD BRING 
THEM MORE MERIT, SO LOUDLY SO THAT THEY ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF 
THE PILOT, WHO TURNED AROUND IN THE COCKPIT TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
 "IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY FLYING?" HE ASKED.  
SO THE THREE GENERALS EACH IN TURN EXPLAINED THEIR RATIONALE, AND 
ASKED THE PILOT TO SETTLE THE ARGUEMENT.
"WELL GENERALS, IF IT WAS ME, I'D JUST THROW ALL THREE OF YOU 
BASTARDS OUT OVER THE CROWD FROM A HIGH ALTITUDE, AND THAT WAY, I'D 
BE MAKING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HAPPY..."