This made it to my inbox... I thought it was funny.....
Axes of Evil
by John Cleese
Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis
of Evil", Libya, China and Syria today announced that
they had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil", which they
said would be more evil than that stupid
Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of in
his State of the Union address.
Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed
the new Axis as having, for starters, a really dumb
name. "Right. They are just as evil . . . in their
dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il."Everybody knows we\'re the best evils . . .
best at being evil . . . we\'re the best."
Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over
being excluded, although they conceded they did ask if
they could join the Axis of Evil. "They told us it was
full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"An axis can\'t have more than three counties",
explained Iraqi President Saddam Hussien. "This is
not my rule, it\'s tradition. In World War II you had
Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So, you
can only have three, and a secret handshake. Ours is
wickedly cool."
International reaction to Bush\'s Axis of Evil
declaration was swift, as within minutes, France
surrendered.
Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain
triumvirate status in what has become a game of
geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan and Serbia announced
that they had formed the "Axis of Somewhat Evil",
forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the
"Axis of Occasionally Evil", while Bulgaria, Indonesia
and Russia established the "Axis of Not So Much Evil
Really as Just Generally Disagreeable".
With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the
desirable clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador,
and Rwanda applied to be called the "Axis of Countries
That Aren\'t the Worst But Certainly Won\'t Be Asked to
Host the Olympics". Canada, Mexico and Australia
formed the "Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite
Nice But Secretly Have Some Nasty Thoughts About
America", while Scotland, New Zealand and Spain
established the "Axis of Countries That Want Sheep to
Wear Lipstick". "That\'s not a threat, really, just
something we like to do", said Scottish Executive
First Minister Jack McConnell.
While wondering if the other nations of the world
weren\'t perhaps making fun of him, a cautious Bush
granted approval for most axes, although he rejected
the establishment of the "Axis of Counties Whose Names
End in \'Guay", accusing one of its members of filing a
false application. Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay,
and Chadguay denied the charges.
Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn\'t want to join any
Axis, but privately world leaders said that\'s only
because no one asked them.
