TEN PUBLIC SERVANTS
 
(A cautionary poem for our times)
 
* Ten Public Servants standing in a line; One of them was downsized then there were nine.

 * Nine Public Servants who must negotiate; One joined the union then there were eight.

 * Eight Public Servants thought they were in heaven; 'til one of them was redeployed then there were seven.

 * Seven Public Servants, their jobs as safe as bricks; But one was reclassified then there were six.

 * Six Public Servants trying to survive; One of them was privatised, then there were five.

 * Five Public Servants ready to give more; But one Golden Handshake reduced them to four.

 * Four Public Servants full of loyalty; Their jobs were all advertised then there were three.

 * Three Public Servants under review; One left on secondment then there were two.

 * Two Public Servants coping on the run; One went on stress leave then there was one.

 * The last Public Servant agreed to relocate; Replaced by 10 consultants at twice the hourly rate.


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" I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress. -Ronald Reagan "

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An English explorer was taking part in an expedition to the Himalayas. Led by a grizzled local guide, they ascended one of the less frequently climbed peaks.  Roughly halfway up the side of the mountain, a member of the expedition came across a set of large manlike tracks in the snow.

"Yeti tracks," the sherpa said with a gruff voice as he passed them. "One thing you must know before we proceed; DO NOT, under any circumstances, touch the yeti."

The expedition heeded his warning and continued to climb the slope. Night fell, and the explorers set up their tents.  In the dead of night, the Englishman awoke to the sound of his tent entrance unzipping. Half-asleep, he looked up to see an enormous eight-foot yeti standing above him.

In fear for his life the explorer jumped up and ran out of the tent, banging into the yeti in the process.  The yeti, after being touched by the explorer let out a deafening howl and began to chase the explorer down the slope.

The explorer ran away from the camp as quickly as his legs could take him, after he rounded a corner he looked behind him to see the bounding form of the yeti still chasing him.

So the explorer continued to run, reaching the bottom of the mountain in just two days, exhausted he paused to rest awhile.  After just a few moments, the explorer began to hear the soft 'thud thud thud'of yeti feet on snow, he looked up the slope to see the yeti still chasing him and only moments away.

The explorer took off again, reaching a supply shack a couple of milesaway, once there quickly buying a mountain bike and pedaling his way to the nearest town, some fifty miles away.  The journey took him several days over the rough terrain and after his arrival he booked into a hotel to recuperate.

Two days later the man left his hotel to see about booking transport back to England. As soon as he turned around though he saw the form of the yeti on the horizon, bounding towards him at great speed.  Horrified by this sight, the explorer hurriedly bought a car and drove it away from the village all the way to Delhi.  Once he arrived, the man wasted no time in getting on the next plane to London.

After his arrival back in London, the man went back to his London home for a while to recover and to plan his next expedition. He had been there less than two weeks and was gazing out of a window when he saw a familiar large bounding, manlike creature running down his street; the man couldn't believe it -- somehow the yeti had followed him to England!

The man had little choice but to run away again, he used any means he could, bike, car, or on foot to try to escape the yeti, but each time he looked behind him, it was just moments before the yeti came into view.

Eventually the man made it all the way to Edinburgh and from there ran into the open Scottish countryside.  He continued to run but the yeti just kept getting closer and closer, and in the end the man could run no more.

With the yeti less than a minute away from him, the man finally stopped and turned around to face the oncoming creature. With the last of his strength he stood up straight as the yeti caught up with him. The eight-foot tall yeti towered above the man, who could only stare in terror.  The yeti extended his hand and poked the Englishman squarely in the chest with one long finger and in a low rumbling voice the yetisaid, "Tag! You're it!"



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" In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire "


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3 Sharks meet in the ocean. They talk about the people they recently have eaten.

The first one says: I swallowed the Ayatollah yesterday, but the guy had eaten so much garlic I still feel sick.

The second shark says: That's nothing pal! I swallowed Boris Jelzin last week and the old guy had so much vodka in him that I'm still drunk.

The 3rd shark laughs and said: You lucky guys! I swallowed George W. Bush 3 weeks ago and the guy has so much air in his head, I still can't dive!



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" Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it If it keeps moving, regulate it.And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -Ronald Reagan "


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