Message-ID: <30984084.1075840319479.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 18:50:53 -0800 (PST) From: brettlawler@hotmail.com Subject: Fwd: One of the funniest things I've read in a while Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Brett Lawler X-To: chris_a_regnier@yahoo.com, czl48@hotmail.com, Bass, Eric , John9375@aol.com, marilynmontano@hotmail.com, mcoombes6400@hotmail.com, mybulldog189@hotmail.com, srhea@acm.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Bass, Eric\Inbox X-Origin: BASS-E X-FileName: eric bass 6-25-02.PST > >I especially enjoyed the comment about France. > > ANGERED BY SNUBBING, LIBYA, CHINA > SYRIA FORM AXIS OF JUST AS EVIL > > > Cuba, Sudan, Serbia Form Axis of Somewhat Evil; Other Nations > Start Own Clubs > > Beijing ? Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the > "Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and Syria today announced they > had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil," which they said would > be way eviler than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis > President Bush warned of his State of the Union address. > Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new > axis as having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. > They are Just as Evil... in their dreams!" declared North > Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best > evils... best at being evil... we're the best." > Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being > excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could > join the Axis of Evil. > "They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar > al-Assad. > "An Axis can't have more than three countries," explained > Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's > tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan > in the evil Axis. So you can only have three. And a secret > handshake. Ours is wicked cool." > > THE AXIS PANDEMIC > International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was > swift, as within minutes, France surrendered. > > Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate > status in what became a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, > Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of Somewhat > Evil, forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the > Axis of Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and > Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As > Just Generally Disagreeable. > With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable > clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda > applied to be called the Axis of Countries That Aren't the > Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics; > Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That > Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts > About America, while Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand > established the Axis of Countries That Be Allowed to Ask > Sheep to Wear Lipstick. > "That's not a threat, really, just something we like to do," > said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell. > > While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't > perhaps making fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval > for most axes, although he rejected the establishment of the > Axis of Countries Whose Names End in "Guay," accusing one of > its members of filing a false application. Officials from > Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges. > > Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, > but privately, world leaders said that's only because no one > asked them. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com