FLIPPER GOES TO WAR

and here I thought the only other intelligent life form on the planet

Flipper the dolphin with a porpoise had one up on us

when was the last time you saw that finned mammal with the unmistakable smile

hop into an A-10 Warthog or M-1 Abrahms or worse (gasp)

press that button of all buttons

granted he’s had that long standing animosity with his neighbor the shark

and who’s to argue an armed Iraqi in frogman attire is any different

we could see it coming though

how science fiction so easily transfers to science reality these days

I’m sure Dolly the Sheep would happily concur

egad! Flipper and his buddies have been drafted into Navy Seals

the official line being they’re only looking for mines in the Persian Gulf

the big question of course is when do we get our first interview on CNN?

no doubt the US military have also trained an interpreter

to fill us in on all the fishy details

I somehow believe though that Flipper

the dolphin with a porpoise will have the last laugh

while the boys in khaki are still slugging it out in Baghdad

he and his friends will have realized the folly

of finned salutes and swimming at attention

when expected back at their aqua barracks suddenly gone AWOL

headed off to bluer more intelligent pastures