Fw: Post Turtle

[Frances Morey]

Anna Louise,
This is a perfect analogy for the Bushkin president. I'd seen it before, probably from Walter Timberlake who I e-connected with through Tami, but I had forgotten the punch line.
Thanks,
Frances


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 --- On Mon 03/29, Harold & Anna Hans < ezhh@mail.utexas.edu > wrote:
From: Harold & Anna Hans [mailto: ezhh@mail.utexas.edu]
To: ezhh@mail.utexas.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:53:25 -0600
Subject: Fw: Post Turtle

> <br>> While suturing a laceration on the hand of an elderly Texas rancher<br>> (whose hand had caught in a gate while working cattle), the doctor and<br>> the rancher were talking about George W. Bush being in the White House.<br>> <br>> The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'."<br>> <br>> Not knowing what the man meant, the doctor asked him what a post<br>> turtle was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road,<br>> and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a<br>> post turtle.<br>> <br>> The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to<br>> explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong<br>> there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want<br>> to help the poor dumb bastard get down."<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br><br>