[2378] in Humor
HUMOR: the stronger sex
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Mon Jul 13 22:14:13 1998
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 22:10:26 -0400
To: humor@MIT.EDU, mowu@MIT.EDU, wheger@wbc-architects.com,
Kris_Kelly@notes.pw.com, dunbar@MIT.EDU, dahv@MIT.EDU,
rpr@ma.ultranet.com, mtsai@bqa.com, immer@MIT.EDU,
jack.gingras@ae.ge.com, tlawlor@palmerdodge.com, nkahn@gph.com,
GDeVoe@rimco.com, celia_kent@harvard.edu,
Maryellen Fitzgibbon <mfitzgib@fas.harvard.edu>,
cjwells@fas.harvard.edu,
Cheryl Guarino Buccelli <c_buccelli@harvard.edu>,
leite@fas.harvard.edu
From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>Return-Path: MEGallagh@aol.com
>From: MEGallagh@aol.com
>Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 20:22:48 EDT
>To: JBran18610@aol.com, ann_butterworth@swissre.com, dempseyr@mit.edu,
> tfabricius@mit.edu, sharalee_field@harvard.edu, CGregor322@aol.com,
> skim0006@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu, lamperti@vm.temple.edu,
> DSVG70C@prodigy.com, Marjack@capecod.net, bxr134@psu.edu, cjz@usa.net
>Subject: the stronger sex
>
>A few months ago, there was an opening with the CIA for an assassin.
>These highly classified positions are hard to fill, and there's lot of
>testing and background checks involved before you can even be considered
>for the position.
>
>After sending some applicants through the background checks, training and
>testing, they narrowed the possible choices down to 2 men and a woman, but
>only one position was available. The day came for the final test to see
>which person would get the extremely secretive job.
>
>The CIA men administering the test took one of the men to a large metal
>door and handed him a gun. "We must know that you will foll your
>instructions no matter what the circumstances", they explained. "Inside
>this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and
>kill her."
>
>The man got a shocked look on his face and said, "You can't be serious! I
>could never shoot my own wife!"
>
>"Well", says the CIA man, "you're definitely not the right man for this
>job then."
>
>So they bring the second man to the same door and hand him a gun.
>
>"We must know that you will follow instructions no matter what the
>circumstances", they explained to the second man. "Inside you will find
>your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her."
>
>The second man looked a bit shocked, but nevertheless took the gun and
>went in the room. All was quiet for about 5 minutes, then the door
>opened.
>
>The man came out of the room with tears in his eyes. "I tried to shoot
>her, I just couldn't pull the trigger and shoot my wife. I guess I'm not
>the right man for the job."
>
>"No" the CIA man replied, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife
>and go home."
>
>Now they're down to the woman left to test. Again they lead her to the
>same door to the same room and hand her the same gun. "We must be sure
>that you will follow instructions no matter what the circumstances. This
>is your final test. Inside you will find your husband sitting in a chair.
>Take this gun and kill him." The woman took the gun and opened the door.
>
>Before the door even closed all the way, the CIA heard the gun start
>firing one shot after another for 13 shots. Then all hell broke loose in
>the room. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. This
>went on for several minutes, then all went quiet. The door opened slowly,
>and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said,
>"You guys didn't tell me the gun was loaded with blanks! I had to beat
>him to death with the chair!"
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------
Sharalee M. Field University Hall 11
Planning Analyst Cambridge, MA 02138
Faculty of Arts and Sciences 617.495.8257 (Voice)
Harvard University 617.495.7881 (Fax)
