don't mess with iowa

[hawkeye]

> >> President Barack Obama was in the Oval Office when his telephone rang.
> >> > "Hello, President Obama" a heavily accented cowboy voice said. "This
> >> > is
> >> Ervin, down here at Dad's Steak House in Hedrick , Iowa , I am callin'
> >> to
> >> tell ya'll that we are officially declaring war on ya!"
> >> >
> >> > "Well Ervin," Barack replied, "This is indeed important news!
> >> > How big is your army?"
> >> >
> >> > "Right now," said Ervin, after a moments calculation "there is myself,
> >> my cousin Harold, my next-door-neighbor Randy, and the whole dart team
> >> from
> >> Pine's Bar. That makes eight!"
> >> >
> >> > Barack paused. "I must tell you Ervin that I have one million men in
> >> > my
> >> army waiting to move on my command."
> >> >
> >> > "Wow," said Ervin. "I'll have at call ya back!"
> >> >
> >> > Sure enough, the next day, Ervin called again. "Mr. Obama, the war is
> >> still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!"
> >> >
> >> > "And what equipment would that be Ervin?" Barack asked.
> >> >
> >> > "Well sir, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Harry's farm
> >> > tractor."
> >> >
> >> > President Obama sighed. "I must tell you Ervin, that I have 16,000
> >> > tanks
> >> and 14,000 armored personnel carriers Also I've increased my army to one
> >> and a half million since we last spoke"
> >> >
> >> > "Oh, my gosh", said Ervin, "I'll be getting back to ya."
> >> >
> >> > Sure enough, Ervin rang again the next day, "President Obama, the war
> >> > is
> >> still on! We have managed to git ourselves airborne! We up an' modified
> >> Harold's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four
> >> boys
> >> from the coffee shop have joined us as well!"
> >> >
> >> > Barack was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must tell
> >> > you
> >> Ervin that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military
> >> complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And
> >> since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"
> >> >
> >> > "Well, good Lord," said Ervin, "l'll have to call you back."
> >> >
> >> > Sure enough, Ervin called again the next day. ""President Obama! I am
> >> sorry to have to tell you that we have had to call off this here war."
> >> >
> >> > "I'm sorry to hear that" said Barack. "Why the sudden change of
> >> > heart?"
> >> >
> >> > Well, sir," said Ervin, "we've all sat ourselves down and had a long
> >> chat over a few root beers, and come to realize that there's just no way
> >> we
> >> can feed two million prisoners.."
> >> >
> >> > If you're from Iowa , you won't even need to be told to pass this on.
> >> >
> >> > GOD BLESS IOWA
> >

[Tilar]

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