THE SILVER SCREW

[wompus]

Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its place
was a silver screw. All the doctors told his mother that there was nothing they could do.

Like it or not, he was stuck with it . . . He was screwed.

All the years of growing up were real tough on him, as all who saw the screw
made fun of him. He avoided leaving his house . . . And thus, never made any friends.

One day, a mysterious stranger saw his belly and told him of a monk in Tibet
who could get rid of the screw for him. He was thrilled. The next day, he took
all of his life's savings and bought a ticket to Nepal .

After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, he came upon a giant monastery.
The monk knew exactly why he had come. The screwy guy was told to sleep
in the highest tower of the monastery and the following day when he awoke,
the screw would have been removed. The man immediately went to the room
and fell asleep.

During the night while he slept, a purple fog floated in an open window.
In the mist floated a solid silver screwdriver. In just moments, the screwdriver
removed the screw and disappeared out the window.

The next morning when the man awoke, he saw the silver screw laying on
the pillow next to him. Reaching down, he felt his navel, and there was no
screw there! Jubilant, he leaped out of bed . . . . And his butt fell off.

The moral to this is:

'Don't screw around with things you don't understand. You could lose your butt.'

----Congress is noted for screwing around with things they don't understand,
like the economy. That's why we are all losing our butts!

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[AlabamaNomadRider]

Funny one Mike.

You are correct about congress.

[Loafer]

In this country you really are screwed from your birthday forward.

[ringadingh]

The Canadian politicians are experts at screwing us.

[Yellow Jacket]

Still better than living in the Middle East or Mexico.