Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:23:09 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@TELUS.NET>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@TELUS.NET>
Subject: Re: the shape the government is in - Frydaye Phollies - NVC
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What makes it garbage ? There was an immensely popular program here called
"Talking to Americans" wherein Rick Mercer asked questions of denizens of
the USA. When the Harvard history prof says 'yes, they should safeguard the
seal population of Saskatchewan, when the Governor of Nebraska promises to
look into the Rhino Hunt in Manitoba, they epitomise the ignorant xenophobic
American. Relax fellas, I am by no means suggesting that all Americans are
like this , and I count myself lucky to have many friends stateside, but
there are plentyof them out there, Robert.
Happy Fryeday, Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: the shape the government is in - Frydaye Phollies - NVC
> This is garbage, and it's not improved any for being old garbage at
that...
> regardless of how you may feel about the subject matter, you might give
some
> thought to giving some thought before recycling this sort of foolishness.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/travel/trap/congress.htm
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Evan Mac Donald" <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:13 PM
> Subject: the shape the government is in - Frydaye Phollies - NVC
>
>
> > There are many of us on this list who have a severe distrust of our
> > "gubermint"- heres part of why....
> >
> >
> > Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it is in
> >
> >
> >>>>I have been a Travel Agent in Washington for thirty years, and I
> >>believe
> >>>>I
> >>>>have an answer as to why this country is in trouble!
> >>>>
> >>>>Consider these examples:
> >>>>
> >>>>I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that
> >>her
> >>
> >>>>hair
> >>>>wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
> >>>>`````````````````````````````
> >>>>I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Cape
> >>town.
> >>>>I
> >>>>started to explain the length of the flight and the passport
> >>information,
> >>>>then she interrupted me with, "I'm not trying to make you look
> >>stupid,
> >>>>but
> >>>>Cape town is in Massachusetts." Without trying to make her look
> >>like
> >>the
> >>>>stupid one, I calmly explained,"Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape
> >>Town
> >>>>is
> >>>>in Africa." Her response, (click).
> >>>>``````````````````````````````
> >>>>A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida
> >>package
> >>we
> >>>>did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said
> >>he
> >>was
> >>>>expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that in Orlando
> >>>>it
> >>is
> >>>>not
> >>>>possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied,
> >>"Don't
> >>>>lie to me. I looked on the map, and Florida is a very thin state!"
> >>>>```````````````````````````````
> >>>>I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, "Is it possible to
> >>see
> >>>>England from Canada?" I said, "No." She said, "But they look so
> >>close on
> >>>>the map."
> >>>>```````````````````````````````
> >>>>An aide for a Bush (41) cabinet member once called and asked if he
> >>could
> >>>>rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed
> >>he
> >>had
> >>>>only a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted
> >>>>to
> >>rent
> >>>>a
> >>>>car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need
> >>>>a
> >>car
> >>>>to
> >>>>drive between the gates to save time."
> >>>>`````````````````````````````````
> >>>>An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how
> >>it
> >>was
> >>>>possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20 a.m. and got
> >>into
> >>>>Chicago at 8:33 a.m. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour
> >>ahead
> >>>>of
> >>>>Illinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones.
> >>>>Finally,
> >>>>I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that!
> >>>>``````````````````````````````````
> >>>>A New York lawmaker called and asked, "Do airlines put your
> >>physical
> >>>>description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to
> >>whom?"
> >>I
> >>>>said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in
> >>with
> >>>>the
> >>>>airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm
> >>>>overweight. I think that is very rude!"
> >>>>
> >>>>After putting her on hold for a minute while I 'looked into it' (I
> >>was
> >>>>actually laughing) I came back and explained the city code for
> >>Fresno,
> >>>>CA
> >>>>is (FAT), and that the airline was just putting a destination tag
> >>on
> >>her
> >>>>luggage.
> >>>>`````````````````````````````````
> >>>>A Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii.
> >>After
> >>>>going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to
> >>fly
> >>to
> >>>>California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
> >>>>``````````````````````````````````
> >>>>I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked,
> >>"How
> >>do I
> >>>>know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, to
> >>which
> >>>>he replied,"I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these
> >>darn
> >>>>planes have numbers on them."
> >>>>```````````````````````````````````
> >>>>A lady Senator called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi Cola. Do I
> >>have
> >>>>to
> >>>>get on one of those little computer planes?" I asked if she meant
> >>fly
> >>to
> >>>>Pensacola, FL, in a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever!"
> >>>>````````````````````````````````````
> >>>>A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he
> >>needed
> >>>>in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about
> >>passports, I
> >>>>reminded him that he needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't. I've been to
> >>China
> >>>>many times and never had to have one of those."I double-checked
> >>>>and
> >>sure
> >>>>enough, his stay required a visa. When told him this he said,
> >>"Look,
> >>I've
> >>>>been to China four times and every time they have accepted my
> >>American
> >>>>Express!"
> >>>>````````````````````````````````````
> >>>>A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations. "I wanted
> >>to
> >>go
> >>>>from Chicago to Rhino, New York." The agent was at a loss for
> >>words.
> >>>>Finally, the agent said, "Are you sure that's the name of the
> >>>>town?"
> >>
> >>>>"Yes,
> >>>>what flights do you have?" replied the lady.
> >>>>
> >>>>After some searching, the agent came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am,
> >>I've
> >>>>looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino
> >>>>anywhere." The lady retorted, "Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows
> >>where
> >>>>it is. Check your map!" The agent scoured a map of the state of
> >>New
> >>York
> >>>>and finally offered; "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" "That's
> >>it!
> >>I
> >>>>knew it was one of those big animals!" she said.
> >>>>````````````````````````````````````
> >>>>Now you know why Government is in the shape that it is
> >>>>in.____________________________________________________
>
>
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