Digging up the garden - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

guthmund · 07-24-2005, 09:08 AM

I got a couple today...

An old Arab man has lived in New York City for the past 40 years and this will be the first time he's been without his little garden out behind the house. Age had finally caught up to the old man and to hoe little patch of land behind his house would probably kill him. He sends an e-mail to his son who is working in Paris asking for help.

'Beloved Son, It seems this year I will not be able to plant my blessed garden. I have gotten too old to do for myself, but I know, if you were here, that you'd gladly help me dig out my little garden.
Love,
Your father'

The next day the father gets an e-mail of his own.

"Blessed father, Under no circumstances are you to dig up the garden. I have hidden the 'THING' there and Allah willing, it will stay there for a great long while.
Your beloved son,
Ahmed.'

Early the next day the old man was awakened by a deafening pound on his door. Shortly after, the FBI, the CIA, members of a special section of Homeland Security, a number of men from the U.S. Army and a few of New York's finest turned his house upside down. They dug through everything, pulled out every piece of furniture and searched in the back of every cabinet. Outside they ran metal detectors over every square inch of the old man's land. They searched up in the trees, flipped over every piece of lawn furniture and dug up every bit of the fallow garden out back.

Dismayed that they couldn't find anything, they all leave disappointed.

A day later, the old man receives a second e-mail from his son.

"Blessed father, I hope by now that the garden has been dug up and you can plant your potatoes. It was the best I could from so far away.
Love,
Ahmed."

DEI37 · 07-24-2005, 09:40 AM

I've heard it before, but it is soo funny. Love it! Thanks.

SirLance · 07-25-2005, 12:56 PM

Me too, but this version is better.

feelgood · 07-25-2005, 12:58 PM

Meh...I kinda like the version where a man's son was in prison for hiding away the money...

nightmare · 08-01-2005, 01:23 AM

very nice, good set up as well

07-24-2005, 09:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	Digging up the garden I got a couple today... An old Arab man has lived in New York City for the past 40 years and this will be the first time he's been without his little garden out behind the house. Age had finally caught up to the old man and to hoe little patch of land behind his house would probably kill him. He sends an e-mail to his son who is working in Paris asking for help. 'Beloved Son, It seems this year I will not be able to plant my blessed garden. I have gotten too old to do for myself, but I know, if you were here, that you'd gladly help me dig out my little garden. Love, Your father' The next day the father gets an e-mail of his own. "Blessed father, Under no circumstances are you to dig up the garden. I have hidden the 'THING' there and Allah willing, it will stay there for a great long while. Your beloved son, Ahmed.' Early the next day the old man was awakened by a deafening pound on his door. Shortly after, the FBI, the CIA, members of a special section of Homeland Security, a number of men from the U.S. Army and a few of New York's finest turned his house upside down. They dug through everything, pulled out every piece of furniture and searched in the back of every cabinet. Outside they ran metal detectors over every square inch of the old man's land. They searched up in the trees, flipped over every piece of lawn furniture and dug up every bit of the fallow garden out back. Dismayed that they couldn't find anything, they all leave disappointed. A day later, the old man receives a second e-mail from his son. "Blessed father, I hope by now that the garden has been dug up and you can plant your potatoes. It was the best I could from so far away. Love, Ahmed." __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.

07-24-2005, 09:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	I've heard it before, but it is soo funny. Love it! Thanks. __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.

07-25-2005, 12:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
SirLance Junkie Location: In the middle of the desert.	Me too, but this version is better. __________________ DEMOCRACY is where your vote counts, FEUDALISM is where your count votes.

07-25-2005, 12:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Meh...I kinda like the version where a man's son was in prison for hiding away the money... __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

08-01-2005, 01:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
nightmare Tilted Location: Sophies bike seat	very nice, good set up as well __________________ License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote.