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Italy's Prime Minister Berlusconi is on a trip with his helicopter, when he says to his aide
"Hey, if I throw this 500€ bill through the window, I can make one fellow citizen happy"
"Good idea, sir", says the other
"But, wait, if I throw 5 100€ bills, I can make 5 people happy... And, if I throw 10 50€ bills it's even better..."
"Mr president" the pilot snaps in "if you throw down yourself, you'll make happy 60 million people!"
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One day God was gifting all Earth's people.
"Swiss will be beautiful and efficient"
Germans will be tall and healty
Americans will be powerful and rich
Italians will be honest, intelligent and will vote for Berlusconi"
"Wait, Lord" says St. Peter "why Italians are given three gifts, while the others are just getting two?"
"You're right, Pete" asnwered the Almighty "I won't get my gifts back, but Italians can use them only two at a time".
That's why, in Italy, if you're intelligent and honest, you don't vote Berlusconi; if you're intelligent and vote for Berlusconi, then you're unhonest; if you're honest and vote for Berlusconi, you're not the brightest star out there..."
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A new FAO poll for world's governements was recently published:
"Tell your honest opinion about food scarcity in the rest of the world".
The outcome was:
- Europeans don't know what "scarcity" is
- Africans don't know what "food" means
- Americans don't know the meaning of "rest of the world"
- Chinese asked what "opinion" is
- Berlusconi's cabinet is still debating on the meaning of "honest"
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