... a slightly different version from the earlier one... enjoy!<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0c6e5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">>><BR>>>Olmert and Abul Abed<BR>>><BR>>>Olmert was sitting in his office wondering how to invade Lebanon<BR>>>when his telephone rang.<BR>>><BR>>>Hallo, Mr. Olmert!" a heavily accented voice said. "This is Abul<BR>>>Abed,down at the tea house in Beirut! I am callin` to tell ya<BR>>>dat we are officially declaring war on you, yes you!"<BR>>><BR>>>"Well" Olmert replied, "This is indeed important news! How big<BR>>>is your army?"<BR>>><BR>>>"Right now," said Abul Abed, after a moment calculation "there<BR>>>is myself, my cousin Mustafa, me
next-door-neighbor Abou khaled,<BR>>>and the whole team from the tea house. That makes eight!"<BR>>><BR>>>Olmert paused. "I must tell you Abul Abed, that I have one<BR>>>million men in my army waiting to move on my command."<BR>>><BR>>>"Holy jeez," said Abul Abed. "I`ll have to call ya back!" Sure<BR>>>enough, the next day, Abul Abed called<BR>>>again. "Mr. Olmert, the war is<BR>>>still on!We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!"<BR>>><BR>>>"And what equipment would that be Abul Abed?", Olmert<BR>>>asked."Well sir, we have two Mercedes 180, and a truck."<BR>>><BR>>>Olmert sighed. "I must tell you Abul Abed, that I have 16,000<BR>>>tanks and 14,000 armoured personnel carriers. Also I`ve increased <BR>>>my<BR>>>army to one and a half million since we last spoke."<BR>>><BR>>>"Ya lateef", said A Abul Abed, "I`ll be getting back to
ya."<BR>>><BR>>>Sure enough, Abul Abed rang again the next day. "Mr. Olmert ,<BR>>>the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We<BR>>>modified a helicopter with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and <BR>>>four<BR>>>more neighbors have joined us as well!"<BR>>><BR>>>Olmert was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must<BR>>>tell you Abul Abed that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter<BR>>>planes. My<BR>>>military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air<BR>>>missile sites. And since we last spoke, I`ve increased my army to <BR>>>TWO<BR>>>MILLION!"<BR>>><BR>>>"Lah lah lah lah," said Abul Abed, "I`ll have to call you back."<BR>>><BR>>>Sure enough, Abul Abed called again the next day. "Mr. Olmert I<BR>>>am sorry to have to tell you dat we have had to call off this war."<BR>>><BR>>>"I`m sorry to hear
that" said Olmert. "Why the sudden change of<BR>>>heart?"<BR>>><BR>>>"Well, sir," said Abul Abed, "we`ve all sat ourselves down and<BR>>>had a long chat, and come to realize that's no way we can feed two<BR>>>million prisoners."<BR>>><BR>>>LEBANESE CONFIDENCE CANNOT BE SHAKEN!<BR>>><BR>>><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><p> 
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