In the early 60's an American reporter going

around pre-war Vietnam was surprised to see a

peasant riding a donkey while his wife, loaded

down with bundles, trudged several yards behind.

Shocked at this lack of chivalry, the American

approached the Vietnamese and asked, " Aren't

you ashamed to ride this donkey while your poor

wife walks behind carrying all those goods?"

" Tradition!" said the Vietnamese, holding up

an admonitory finger; " Tradition!"

Came the Vietnam war, and the reporter was

back again as a war correspondent of his New

York newspaper.

Walking along a village road one evening he

came across the same peasant he had met a few

years earlier. While the man was still riding

his donkey, this time his wife walked several

yards in front.

" I thought tradition demanded that your wife

should be walking behind you," said the

American. " Why the change?"

And the Vietnamese replied with a shrug,

" Land mines!"

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Two guys of limited intellegence were on a ship that sank

in the middle of the ocean. They managed to inflate a rubber

life raft and grab a box of provisions before their ship slipped

below the surface. After floating under blazing heat for 6 days

they ran out of food and water. On the 10th day, bleary eyed and

half dead from heat, thirst and starvation, they spotted a small

object floating toward them in the water. As it drew

near, they were ecstatic to find that it was an oil lamp (the

kind the genies come in).

They grabbed the lamp and rubbed it. " POOF" out popped a

tired old genie who said " ok.. so you freed me from this stupid

lamp, yadda, yadda,yadda. But hey, I've been doing this 3 wishes

stuff for a long time now and quite frankly, I'm burned out. You

guys get only ONE wish and then I'm OUTTA here. Make it a good

one"

The first guy, without hesitation or thought blurted out,

" Give us all the beer we can drink for the rest of our lives!!!"

" Fine" said the genie, and he instantly turned the entire ocean

into beer.

" Great move Einstein!" said the second guy, slapping the

first guy in the head.