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maleficent · 08-08-2006, 10:12 AM

An old Indian chief sat in his hut on the reservation, smoking a ceremonial pipe and eyeing two US government officials sent to interview him.

"Chief Two Eagles," asked one official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his material wealth. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done."

The chief nodded that it was so.

The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?"

The chief stared at the government officials for over a minute and then calmly replied, "When white man found the land, Indians were running it. No taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, women did all the work,
medicine man free, Indian man spent all day hunting and fishing, all night having sex."

Then the chief leaned back and smiled, "White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that!"

Toaster126 · 08-08-2006, 03:36 PM

I don't get it...

krwlz · 08-08-2006, 04:26 PM

I'm sorry you don't get it... What's not to get?

and as for the joke Hahahahaha great one mal.

essendoubleop · 08-08-2006, 05:27 PM

Yeah, the Natives had a pretty good way of life. That's the joke?

Brewmaniac · 08-09-2006, 12:52 PM

Funny joke mal! Thanks

SirLance · 08-10-2006, 03:12 PM

I wonder if we can go back...

Marvelous Marv · 08-10-2006, 08:44 PM

I like!

roadkill · 08-11-2006, 12:55 AM

A good laugh.

Crack · 08-11-2006, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by SirLance

I wonder if we can go back...

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We wanted to blast the world free of history.... picture yourself planting radishes and seed potatoes on the fifteenth green of a forgotten golf course. You'll hunt elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center, and dig clams next to the skeleton of the Space Needle leaning at a forty-five degree angle. We'll paint the skyscrapers with huge totem faces and goblin tikis, and every evening what's left of mankind will retreat to empty zoos and lock itself in cages as protection against the bears and big cats and wolves that pace and watch us from outside the cage bars at night. ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 16

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"Imagine," Tyler said, "stalking elk past department store windows and stinking racks of beautiful rotting dresses and tuxedos on hangers; you'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life, and you'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. Jack and the beanstalk, you'll climb up through the dripping forest canopy and the air will be so clean you'll see tiny figures pounding corn and laying strips of venison to dry in the empty car pool lane of an abandoned superhighway stretching eight-lanes-wide and August-hot for a thousand miles." ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 16

I want to go back too... but I would miss Television... I think I could deal with it though..hehe

Lady Sage · 08-11-2006, 04:51 AM

How great would that be? I could do crafty things like make clothing and blankies and cook and do the horizontal mamba all night long? Sign me up man!

streak_56 · 08-11-2006, 09:24 PM

I would go back in a heart beat... I don't watch too much TV and the only thing that I really could say that I need is my computer for some "personal" time on tfp... but that I mean try to make some internet friends.

maleficent · 08-12-2006, 05:34 AM

don't need a computer streak, you can practice smoke signals and beating your... drum- yeah drum

tekaweni · 08-12-2006, 11:47 AM

That is a great one, thanks :-D

shadowfiend · 08-13-2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by maleficent

An old Indian chief sat in his hut on the reservation, smoking a ceremonial pipe and eyeing two US government officials sent to interview him.

"Chief Two Eagles," asked one official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his material wealth. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done."

The chief nodded that it was so.

The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?"

The chief stared at the government officials for over a minute and then calmly replied, "When white man found the land, Indians were running it. No taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, women did all the work,
medicine man free, Indian man spent all day hunting and fishing, all night having sex."

Then the chief leaned back and smiled, "White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that!"

That is reason enough to go back.

Ch'i · 08-18-2006, 11:31 PM

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Maleficent
White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that!

Good one!

08-08-2006, 10:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	Where did the white man go wrong? An old Indian chief sat in his hut on the reservation, smoking a ceremonial pipe and eyeing two US government officials sent to interview him. "Chief Two Eagles," asked one official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his material wealth. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done." The chief nodded that it was so. The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?" The chief stared at the government officials for over a minute and then calmly replied, "When white man found the land, Indians were running it. No taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, women did all the work, medicine man free, Indian man spent all day hunting and fishing, all night having sex." Then the chief leaned back and smiled, "White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that!" __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

08-08-2006, 03:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Toaster126 Extreme moderation Location: Kansas City, yo.	I don't get it... __________________ "The question isn't who is going to let me, it's who is going to stop me." (Ayn Rand) "The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)

08-09-2006, 12:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Brewmaniac Searching for the perfect brew!	Funny joke mal! Thanks __________________ "That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son"

08-10-2006, 03:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
SirLance Junkie Location: In the middle of the desert.	I wonder if we can go back... __________________ DEMOCRACY is where your vote counts, FEUDALISM is where your count votes.

08-10-2006, 08:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Marvelous Marv Cunning Runt Location: Taking a mulligan	I like! __________________ "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher

08-08-2006, 04:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	I'm sorry you don't get it... What's not to get? and as for the joke Hahahahaha great one mal.

08-08-2006, 05:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
essendoubleop Psycho	Yeah, the Natives had a pretty good way of life. That's the joke?

08-11-2006, 12:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
roadkill Insane	A good laugh.

08-11-2006, 04:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
Lady Sage Mistress of Mayhem Location: Canton, Ohio	How great would that be? I could do crafty things like make clothing and blankies and cook and do the horizontal mamba all night long? Sign me up man!

08-11-2006, 09:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	I would go back in a heart beat... I don't watch too much TV and the only thing that I really could say that I need is my computer for some "personal" time on tfp... but that I mean try to make some internet friends.

08-12-2006, 05:34 AM	#12 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	don't need a computer streak, you can practice smoke signals and beating your... drum- yeah drum __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

08-12-2006, 11:47 AM	#13 (permalink)
tekaweni It wasnt me Location: Scotland	That is a great one, thanks :-D __________________ If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten