Thursday, 10 December 2009

Life and coffee in the Middle East...

What happens when a fly falls into a coffee cup?

The Englishman:
Throws away the cup of coffee and walks away.

The American:
Takes out the fly and drinks the coffee.

The Chinaman:
Eats the fly and throws away the coffee.

The Japanese:
Drinks the coffee with the fly, since it was extra.

The Israeli:
Sells the coffee to the American, the fly to the Chinese, and buys himself a new cup of coffee.

The Palestinian:
Blames the Israeli for the violent act of putting the fly in his coffee; asks the UN for aid, takes a loan from the European Union to buy a new cup of coffee; uses the money to purchase explosives, then blows up the coffee house, where:

The Englishman, the American, the Chinaman and the Japanese are all trying to explain to the Israeli that he was too aggressive.