Africa's Cleverest President
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22 September 2002
The NCS&M reports that no one at the Harare
Sheraton is laughing at this
one, on account of they are not bright enough to get it:
An airplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board
but only 4
parachutes.
The first passenger said, "I'm Zinedine Zidane, the world's
number 1
footballer. FIFA needs me, I can't afford to die." So he
took the first pack
and left the plane.
The second passenger, Hillary Clinton, said, "I am the wife
of the former
President of the United States, I am the most ambitious woman in
the world,
I am also a New York Senator and a potential future
President." So she took
the second parachute and jumped out of the plane.
The third passenger, Robert Mugabe, said, "I'm President of
Zimbabwe and I
have 13 million helpless people who always look to me for
guidance. Above
all I'm the cleverest President in African history, and Africa's
people
won't let me die". So he put on the pack next to him and
jumped out of the
plane.
The fourth passenger, Mahatma Gandhi, says to the fifth
passenger, a 10 year
old Chinese school boy, "I am a Hindu and Karma will decide
my fate, so I'll
let you have the last parachute".
The boy said, "It's OK, there's a parachute left for you.
Africa's cleverest
President has just taken my school bag".