[DeTomaso] FW: NPC NPC NPC - The Coyote Story

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Bill,


            I am incapacitated by rolling on the floor with laughter. 
Thanks for the hilarious parable!


                      Warmest regards, Chuck Engles




On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Bill Lewis wrote:

> Well, it's a slow Thursday morning on the forum, so here's a little 
> funny story.  Not meant to be political at all, so please just read, 
> laugh at/with it and delete.   ---Bill (flooded out in Houston area) 
> Lewis
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>  Having lived in California, I can relate to this...
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>             Subject:   The Coyote Story
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> THE COYOTE
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> The Governor of   California is jogging with his dog along a nature 
> trail.
> A   coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the 
> Governor.
> 1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects   upon the movie 
> "Bambi" and then realizes he should stop because the   coyote is only 
> doing what is natural.
> 2. He calls animal   control . Animal Control captures the coyote and 
> bills the State $200   testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating 
> it.
> 3. He calls   a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills 
> the State $200   testing it for diseases.
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> 4. The Governor goes to a hospital and   spends $3,500 getting checked 
> for diseases from the coyote and getting his   bite wound bandaged.
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> 5. The running trail gets shut down for 6   months while the Fish & 
> Game Commission conducts a $100,000 survey to make   sure the area is 
> now free of dangerous animals.
> 6. The Governor   spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote 
> awareness program"   for residents of the area.
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> 7. The State Legislature spends $2   million to study how to better 
> treat rabies and how to permanently   eradicate the disease throughout 
> the world.
> 8. The Governor's   security agent is fired for not stopping the 
> attack. The State spends $150,000   to hire and train a new agent with 
> additional special training re: the nature   of coyotes.
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> 9. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a   $5 million suit 
> against the State.
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> The   Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. 
> A   Coyote jumps out and attacks his dog.
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> 1. The Governor shoots the   coyote with his State-issued pistol and 
> keeps jogging. The Governor has   spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow 
> point cartridge.
> 2. The   Buzzards eat the dead coyote.
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> And that, my friends, is why   California is broke and Texas is not.
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