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Two nuns have been assigned the task of painting
a room in the covent. Their last instructions were
to be very careful not to get a drop of paint on
their habits.
After confering for a while, the two nuns decide to
lock the door of the room, strip of their habits and
paint the room in the nude. They will do anything
to avoid the Mother Superior's rath.
In the middle of the project, they hear a knock on
the door.
"Who is it? "calls out one of the nuns.
"Blind man." replies the voice from the other side
of the door.
The two nuns look at each other, covered with
paint drippings, and decide that no harm can
come from letting a blind man into the room. After
a final nod of approval they unlock the door.
"Nice gazongas sister's," exclaims the man as he
enters the room," by the way, where would you
like the blinds?"
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.
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