Andi
03-03-2005, 08:20 PM
Anchors Dan Rather, Peter Jennings and NPR Reporter Cokie Roberts, along
with one Marine assigned to protect them were hiking through the Iraq
desert one day when they were captured by Insurgents.
They were tied up, led to a village, and brought before the leader. The
leader said, "I am familiar with your western custom of granting the
condemned a last wish so, before we kill and dismember you, do you have
any last requests?"
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan so I'd like one last bowl 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."
Peter Jennings said, "I am Canadian, so I'd like to hear the song 'O
Canada' one last time." The leader nodded to a terrorist who had studied
the Western world and knew the music. He returned with some rag-tag
musicians and played the anthem. Jennings sighed and declared he could
now die peacefully.
Cokie Roberts 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 Roberts
dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy." The
leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, 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, rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm pistol from
inside his cammies and shot the leader dead. In the resulting
confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine and
sprayed the rest of the Insurgents with gunfire. In a flash, all of
them were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the Marine was untying Rather, Jennings and Roberts, they asked him,
"Why didn't you just shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick you in
the ass?"
"What," replied the Marine, "and have you three assholes call me the
aggressor?"
with one Marine assigned to protect them were hiking through the Iraq
desert one day when they were captured by Insurgents.
They were tied up, led to a village, and brought before the leader. The
leader said, "I am familiar with your western custom of granting the
condemned a last wish so, before we kill and dismember you, do you have
any last requests?"
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan so I'd like one last bowl 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."
Peter Jennings said, "I am Canadian, so I'd like to hear the song 'O
Canada' one last time." The leader nodded to a terrorist who had studied
the Western world and knew the music. He returned with some rag-tag
musicians and played the anthem. Jennings sighed and declared he could
now die peacefully.
Cokie Roberts 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 Roberts
dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy." The
leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, 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, rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm pistol from
inside his cammies and shot the leader dead. In the resulting
confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine and
sprayed the rest of the Insurgents with gunfire. In a flash, all of
them were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the Marine was untying Rather, Jennings and Roberts, they asked him,
"Why didn't you just shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick you in
the ass?"
"What," replied the Marine, "and have you three assholes call me the
aggressor?"