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
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