Article 15801 of alt.good.morning: Path: news.kth.se!sunic!trane.uninett.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!sics.se!eua.ericsson.se!erinews.ericsson.se!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!convex!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!peernews.demon.co.uk!teleport.com!rmac Newsgroups: alt.good.morning From: rmac@teleport.com ("Robert E. Culpepper") cc: "silly agm list -- a place full of >twUG*s" , "R.J.Baxter" , becca@infinet.com, dls@engnet.ufl.edu, JJosh Gallagher , Paul Baker , "R. Grille" , Randi , Traci Vanderbeck Subject: Joke of the week! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Posting-Host: desiree.teleport.com Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 15:23:24 +0000 Message-ID: Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Lines: 66 This is a true Polish joke, of the old school, so you have to put yourself into a Pole's position......... ############################################################################# A polish fisherman, who was just managing to keep his family feed with what he caught, let alone have any for the market, was out fishing one day all alone. He had been up with the dawn, and it was near dusk now, when he felt a nibble, and then a bite, so he set the hook and began to bring in the fish. He soon realised that he had never hooked a fish so large as this one seemed to be; the fight to land this fish was just about all the old man's strenght could do. When all of a sudden, the fish pops up to the surface and indeed he is the largest fish the Fisherman had even seen let alone catch. The fish propped itself on the gunwale and said, "please man, let me go; let me go and I will give you three wishes." Well, the fisherman was unsure, a fish this size could feed his family for months,a nd he could sell some in the market too, so he had no thought of letting the fish go. Again, the fish said, "let me go, man, and three wishes will be yours." The fisherman looked at the fish and said, "I don't know; I never heard of a talking fish, and with a fish the size of you OI could feed my family well,and buy some need things too. Besides, how do I know you will give me three wishes." The fish talked to the fisherman for many minutes,and finally convinced the man to relase him. Grudingly the fisherman released the large fish. The fish instantly jumped into the water and dissapeared. The fisherman was not really surprised, until the fish reapeared and \asked him what his first wish was? The fisherman thought long and hard, and then ask, "I can have anything, wish for anything in the whole world?" The fish agreed. The fisherman said. "Okay, I want all the Mongol's in the whole world, those in Upeer Mongollia, and Lower Mongolia, and Central Mongolia, to gather up their ponies, mount up and ride day and night , night and day, to the borders of Poland, camp over night and go home, riding day and night, night and day to Mongolia." The fish, stared at the old man and said, " a Very strange wish, but it's done. The Mongol's are packing right now." The fish then asked what the fisherman's second wish was. The old man thought hard and long until, he brightened and said, "I want to repeat the first wish, all the Mongol's in the world to mount up their ponies and ride night and day, day and night to the borders of Poland. camp overnight, and return to Mongolia." The fish was a bit stunned, and ask the man, "are you sure, most men ask for rishes and fortune, and power and position, yet you ask for the Mongol's to ride to Poland, not once but twice? If you are sure, this I will do, but are you sure man?" The fisherman assured the fish that that was his intent, so the fish to the man that his sefond wish was granted,a nd as soon as the Mongol's returned from the first trip they would begin the second. The fish then said you have only one wish left, and wondered what the old amn would wish for. The fisherman totally surprised the fish by wishing the exact same thing, for all the Mongol's in the world to mount their ponies and ride day and night, night and day to the borders of Poland, camp overnight and go home. The fish said granted, but you must explain why you want these Mongols ridng to Poland's border three time. The old fisherman smiles and said, "You see, fish, for the Mongol's of the world to mount theri ponies and ride night and day, day and night to the bordrs of Poland three times, they have to cross Mother Russia six times!!!!" eoj Hugs and smiles, and a good morning to all of agmland!!!!!!!! >>>Robert<<< rmac@teleport.COM Living off the hog in Portland, Or. aka Robert Culpepper. I speak only for myself, unless I don't speak.