Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Simple Coffee Cup Explanation of International Politics

What happens when a fly falls into a coffee cup?

The Italian
Throws the cup and walks away in a fit of rage.

The Frenchman
Takes out the fly and drinks the coffee.

The Chinese
Eats the fly and throws away the coffee.

The Russian
Drinks the coffee with the fly, since it was extra with no charge.

The Israeli
Sells the coffee to the Frenchman,
The fly to the Chinese,
Buys himself a new cup of coffee and uses the extra money to
Invent a device that prevents flies from falling into coffee.

The Palestinian
Blames the Israeli for the fly falling in his coffee,
Protests the act of aggression to the UN,
Takes a loan from the European Union to buy a new cup of coffee,
Uses the money to purchase explosives
And then blows up the coffee house where the Italian,
The Frenchman, the Chinese, and the Russian
Are all trying to explain to the Israeli
That he should give away his cup of coffee to the Palestinians.

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