The Smartest Man In the World!

The Smartest Man in the World (A True Story!)

The three of them were hanging around trying to get the better of each other.
After going through a number of contests without anyone coming out the winner,
Man #1, The eldest of them all, asked if they knew who was the smartest man in the world.
They all shook their head.

So, Man #1 said, “Let me tell you the story of the smartest man in the world.”
And immediately the questions began:

Man #2: Why was he so smart?

Man #1: Because he didn’t believe a thing they said.

Man #2: Who said?

Man #1: The government.

Man #3: And that made him rich?

Man #1: Precisely!

Man #2: Now, you have to explain…

Man #1: Okay, do you remember when our government was asked about global warming, what did the government say?

Man #3: That it wasn’t true…and there was no proof!

Man #2: Yeah! And it sounded like it was some “tree-hugger’s” idea…

Man #1: Okay, that was the clue our man needed.

Man #2: To do what?

Man #1: Invest a dollar!

Man #3: For what?

Man #1: For a few square feet of land in the middle of nowhere…

Man #2: So what does that have to do with anything?

Man #1: Well, it just so happened a dock went with the property. .

Man #2: And?

Man #1: It just so happened that that little piece of property happened to be in one of the most northern parts of Canada called Hudson Bay.

Man #2: What’s so great about it, if it’s only worth a dollar?.

Man #1: Well, as it turns out, global warming is real.

Man #2; And?

Man #1: And scientists are saying that you will be able to sail around the world through the Northwest passage.

Man #3: And what’s important about that?

Man #1: It will save both time and money.

Man #2: And what does that have to do with a dock at Hudson Bay?

Man #1: Hudson Bay just happens to be the northernmost deep-water port in those parts!

Man #3: Meaning that all the ships headed through the passage will stop there?

Man#1: You got it!

Man #2: Wow!

Man #1: And now his $1.00 investment is worth hundreds of millions of dollars!

Man#2: I guess it pays not to listen.

Man #1: No, that’s not it!

Man #2: Then what’s it?

Man #1 Consider your sources!


Les Aaron
The Armchair Curmudgeon

http:lesaaron.blogspot.com