Latest zinger from our heartily missed colleague and drinking buddy Sammy Sassendyll:
What ho! Just the other day, as we were preparing our annual Midsummer Threat Assessment, we began to wonder just how much we should worry about the alleged jihadis who allegedly schemed to flood lower Manhattan, which is well above sea level, by blowing up commuter tunnels, which are partially below sea level, and brother! — we are here to tell you that, if our implacable foes have indeed figured out how to repeal the laws of physics, we are beaucoup worried.
Worried, very worried indeed. Because people might believe that kind of stuff, if it was in the papers (for the literate ones) or on TV.
In the 1970s - when I was still living in Caracas - there was a prophet who said that on a certain day the 'Avila' (Caracas' biggest mountain) would split and the city be drowned by the ocean. Now Caracas lies about 2000m high. Of course everyone laughed about it.
But on this special day the city was virtually deserted. No traffic jams, no noise, it was eerie. The business executives (some Americans among them) had sent their families to the country (nothing to do with the prophecy, of course, har-har) and braved the threat in their high-rise offices.
Honestly, I've been worrying ever since ...
Not to mention that Dubya and the posse seem to have burned a confidential source to be able to make this announcement. I feel more secure already.
Posted by: PrahaPartizan on July 9, 2006 10:32 AM