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Date Posted: 12:32:36 01/13/06 Fri
Author: woza
Subject: Re: Funny article- "Axis of Just as Evil"
In reply to: Victoria 's message, "Funny article- "Axis of Just as Evil"" on 17:15:10 02/18/02 Mon

>I thought this was wonderfully funny. This is from a
>site somewhat like The Onion.
>
>ANGERED BY SNUBBING, LIBYA, CHINA, SYRIA FORM AXIS OF
>JUST AS EVIL
>Cuba, Sudan, Serbia Form Axis of Somewhat Evil; Other
>Nations Start Own
>Clubs
>
>Beijing (SatireWire.com) - Bitter after being snubbed
>for membership in
>the
>"Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and Syria today
>announced they had formed
>the
>"Axis of Just as Evil," which they said would be way
>eviler than that
>stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush
>warned of his State of
>the Union address.
>
>Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed
>the new axis as
>having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They
>are Just as Evil...
>in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim
>Jong-il. "Everybody
>knows we're the best evils... best at being evil...
>we're the best."
>
>Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over
>being excluded,
>although
>they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis
>of Evil.
>
>"They told us it was full," said Syrian President
>Bashar al-Assad.
>
>"An Axis can't have more than three countries,"
>explained Iraqi president
>Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's tradition.
>In World War II you
>had Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So you
>can only have
>three.
>And a secret handshake. Ours is wicked cool."
>
>THE AXIS PANDEMIC
>
>International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil
>declaration was swift, as
>within minutes, France surrendered.
>
>Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain
>triumvirate status in
>what
>became a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan, and
>Serbia said they
>had
>formed the Axis of Somewhat Evil, forcing Somalia to
>join with Uganda and
>Myanmar in the Axis of Occasionally Evil, while
>Bulgaria, Indonesia and
>Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil Really
>As Just Generally
>Disagreeable.
>
>With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the
>desirable clubs filling
>up,
>Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be
>called the Axis of
>Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be
>Asked to Host the
>Olympics; Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the
>Axis of Nations That
>Are
>Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts
>About America, while
>Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand established the Axis
>of Countries That Be
>Allowed to Ask Sheep to Wear Lipstick.
>
>"That's not a threat, really, just something we like
>to do," said Scottish
>Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.
>
>While wondering if the other nations of the world
>weren't perhaps making
>fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval for most
>axes, although he
>rejected the establishment of the Axis of Countries
>Whose Names End in
>"Guay," accusing one of its members of filing a false
>application.
>Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied
>the charges.
>
>Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any
>Axis, but
>privately,
>world leaders said that's only because no one asked
>them.
>
>Copyright � 2002, SatireWire.

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