[Rhodes22-list] Joke: John Cleese! gotta love him

[Bill Effros]

Thena,

The sense of deja vu comes from the list.  It was posted here after the
"Axis of Evil" speech.  I thought it sounded familiar, too, and had to check
where it had originally come from.  There are a lot of clever people writing
a lot of clever stuff.  It's too bad that the Internet tends to strip the
names of lesser known authors and substitute names we have all heard before,
but whose views may not be accurately reflected by the quoted material.

Bill Effros

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thena Carville" <thenacarville@worldnet.att.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Joke: John Cleese! gotta love him


> I seem to remember seeing John Cleese do a skit something like the one
below
> on TV...isn't that strange how you can almost see and hear him saying
those
> words before the published date of the article that the whole thing is
> supposed to have been written?....amazing what tricks the mind can do....
> Thena
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Effros" <bill@effros.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Joke: John Cleese! gotta love him
>
>
> > Doug,
> >
> > Not really John Cleese.  Here's where it came from:
> >
> > http://www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/axis.shtml
> >
> > Bill Effros
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gardner, Douglas L. (LNG-DAY)" <douglas.gardner@lexisnexis.com>
> > To: "Rhodes22-List (E-mail)" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:12 AM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Joke: John Cleese! gotta love him
> >
> >
> > > (best if read aloud in a John Cleese voice)
> > >
> > > Axis of Evil Wannabees
> > > > > > by John Cleese> >
> > >
> > >  Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil",
Libya,
> > > China and Syria today announced that they had formed the "Axis of Just
> > > as Evil", which they said would be more evil than that stupid
> > > Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of in his Stateof 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
> > > wickedly cool." 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 has become a game of geopolitical musical chairs. Cuba, Sudan and
> > > Serbia announced that 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 Some Nasty Thoughts
> > > About  America", while Scotland, New Zealand and Spain established the
> > > "Axis of Countries That Want 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 axis, 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  leaders said that's only because
> > > they hadn't yet been asked.
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