03 HD Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 THREE STRANGERS AT A SMALL TERMINAL IN TEXAS ARE AWAITING THEIR FLIGHT. > ONE > IS A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN HEADING TO OKLAHOMA. ANOTHER, A LOCAL > RANCHHAND > ON HIS WAY TO FORT WORTH. THE THIRD PASSENGER IS A FUNDAMENTALIST ARAB > STUDENT, NEWLY ARRIVED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. > TO PASS THE TIME, THEY STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION AND THE DISCUSSION DRIFTS > TO > THEIR DIVERSE CULTURES. SOON THE WESTERNERS LEARN THAT THE ARAB IS A > DEVOUT, RADICAL MUSLIM. THE CONVERSATION FALLS INTO AN UNEASY LULL. > THE COWPOKE LEANS BACK IN HIS CHAIR, CROSSES HIS BOOTS AND TIPS HIS BIG > SWEAT-STAINED HAT FORWARD OVER HIS FACE. > FINALLY, THE NATIVE AMERICAN CLEARS HIS THROAT AND SOFTLY SPEAKS: "ONCE, > MY > PEOPLE WERE MANY, NOW WE ARE FEW". > THE RADICAL MUSLIM RAISES AN EYEBROW AND LEANS FORWARD, "ONCE MY PEOPLE > WERE > FEW," HE SNEERS, "AND NOW WE ARE MANY. WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS?" > THE TEXAN SHIFTS THE TOOTHPICK TO ONE SIDE OF HIS MOUTH AND FROM THE > DARKNESS BENEATH HIS STETSON SAYS IN A DRAWL, "THAT'S 'CAUSE WE AIN'T > PLAYED > COWBOYS AND MUSLIMS YET................."
cowboy02 Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 Hum............. I guess my Screen Name says It all.........
MarkD Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 OK guys, you can't be posting stuff like this while I am at work. I laughed out loud!
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