I got this in an e-mail and thought it was pretty good.
A man is stuck in a traffic jam going into downtown. Nothing is moving north or south. Suddenly, a man knocks on his window.
The driver rolls down his window and asks "What happened? What's the hold-up?"
The man says "Terrorists have kidnapped Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe, and Prime Minister Harper. They are asking for a ten million dollar ransom... otherwise, they are going to douse them with gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, taking up a collection.".
The driver asks "On average, how much is everyone else giving?"
The man responds "About a litre..."
A man is stuck in a traffic jam going into downtown. Nothing is moving north or south. Suddenly, a man knocks on his window.
The driver rolls down his window and asks "What happened? What's the hold-up?"
The man says "Terrorists have kidnapped Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe, and Prime Minister Harper. They are asking for a ten million dollar ransom... otherwise, they are going to douse them with gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, taking up a collection.".
The driver asks "On average, how much is everyone else giving?"
The man responds "About a litre..."