Um, I'm going to adapt this one for your purposes. We'll see how it works out, okay.
Well, Joe Smith and David Brown worked in a gun factor. They had worked their since they graduated from high school. Their job was to shine all the guns that were going to be put in the dispay room and shipped directly to sellers.
One day, as Joe was cleaning a new pistol, he happened to glance across the warehouse style building that he worked in and he peered into the office of his boss, Mr Edward Jate, who was eating a donut as he looking over his morning paper.
Joe was not a man unaccustomed to the unfairness of life, but the suddenly awareness of just how little Mr. Jates did caused Joe to pause, pistol in hand.
After a long thoughtful moment, David looked up and noticed his friends bitter expression. "What's wrong?" he asked curiously, picking up another gun.
"Look at our boss. He does nothing and he gets paid WAY more than we do! It's not fair!"
For a moment, the two men argued over the idea. Joe insisted that the corporate ladder was rigged and that he was always going to be on the bottom. No matter what. David, on the other hand, was inclined to think that the boss desered his position and the salary he made. Boss worked hard for his money.
After an extended discussion, David, who was throughly exasperated, concluded "Fine! If you're so curious why you're here and he's there, why don't you go ask him!" And without another word, Bob set down his gun and stomped off to ask.
Without a knock, Bob pushed into his Bosses office. The Boss, unaccustomed to such interruptions, looked up, surprised. "May I help you. . ." He asked unassuredly.
"Yes! As a matter of fact, you can! I want you to tell me why you can sit in this office and do nothing, while I have to shine down guns all day!?"
The Boss rose slowly and admitted with a sigh. "Really, it's all about intelligence."
"Intelligence?" repeated Bob "What's that."
If Bob's answer wasn't enough, the Boss shook his head and said "Fine. I'll show you what intelligence is. I-- I need something heavy." After quickly looking around his office, he found a metal, true to size, gun-shaped paper weight lying on his desk. He handed the gun to Bob, and then he lay his own hand, palm up, on the desk. "Now, hit my palm as hard as you can with that gun."
Bob hesitated for a moment, but finally, after several reassuring words from his employer, he swung the gun as hard as he could done on the spot where his Boss's hand was resting.
But just as the gun was about to slam into his fist, Boss drew his hand out, leaving the gun to collide with the desk.
Bob stood in awe for a moment, admiring the speed of this man he so envied. "You see, Bob, that is intelligence." Feeling he needed no further persuasion, Bob left the office and returned to David's side.
"Well. . ." queried David, pausing mid-shine. "What did he say."
"Oh, well, it's intelligence."
"What's intelligence?"
Bob looked incredulously at his co-worker and shook his head. "David, David, David, it's quite simple. Here I'll show you." Quickly, he balled up his fist and pressed it to his forhead and instructed "Take that gun and hit my fist. . ."
This one's hard to write down. Generally you tell the punch line with your fist to your forehead, so the narration is unnecessary. I don't know if that one would work, but I'll submit it none the less.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill.
Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality,
visit the Invisible Children home page.