[2429] in Humor
HUMOR (fwd) Little Georgie. (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Behr)
Wed Aug 26 13:33:13 1998
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:21:13 -0400
From: Michael Behr <mabehr@alum.mit.edu>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
This one wouldn't be humorous if it didn't parody current events so closely...
-Mike
----- Forwarded message from Rourke McNamara <rourkem@chapterhouse.com> -----
Forwarded-by: CSH Little <cshl@compuserve.com>
From: "Nora Fulton"
"George Washington, did YOU chop down the cherry tree?"
"No, Father."
"I think you are lying!"
"No, no, no! I swear I did NOT chop down the cherry tree."
"Son, I saw you out here with your axe. Your punishment will be much
worse for you if you lie. Now, tell me the truth!"
"Dad, I answered your question truthfully. Still, I must take complete
responsibility for all my actions. While my answer was legally accurate,
I did not volunteer information.
"Indeed, Father, I did cause the cherry tree to be lying on the ground.
To do this was wrong. It constituted a critical lapse in judgement and
a personal failure on my part for which I am solely and completely
responsible.
"I know my answer to you gave a false impression. I misled you, my own
father. I deeply regret that.
"I can only tell you I was motivated by many factors. First, by a desire
to protect myself from the embarrassment of my own conduct.
"I was also very concerned about protecting Mom from this shock. "What
I did, Dad, was use a saw to cause the cherry tree to fall. Only after
the tree was already down did I go get my axe to chop off individual
branches. So, I chopped off branches, but sawed down the tree. Look at
the saw cut on the stump and the axe cuts on the branches. Therefore,
legally, I told the truth.
"I ask you to turn away from the spectacle of this fallen tree and to
return our attention to a solid family relationship.
"Thank you."
----- End forwarded message -----
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-Mike
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