Dan Rather, Katie Couric, and a tough Marine Sergeant were all captured by
terrorists in Iraq . The leader of the terrorists told them that he would
grant them each one last request before they were beheaded.
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of hot
spicy chili." The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with
the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die content."
Katie Couric said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape
recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen.
Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the
end." The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and
Couric dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy."
The leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. Marine tough guy, what is your
final wish?"
"Kick me in the a**," said the Marine.
"What?" asked the leader? "Will you mock us in your last hour?"
"No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the a**," insisted the
Marine.
So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the a**.
The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol
from under his flack jacket, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting
confusion, he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine and
sprayed the terrorists with gunfire. In a flash, all of them were either
dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the marine was untying Rather and Couric, they asked him, "Why didn't
you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask them to kick you in
the a** first?"
What," replied the Marine, "and have you two butt heads report that I was
the aggressor?
terrorists in Iraq . The leader of the terrorists told them that he would
grant them each one last request before they were beheaded.
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of hot
spicy chili." The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with
the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die content."
Katie Couric said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape
recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen.
Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the
end." The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and
Couric dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy."
The leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. Marine tough guy, what is your
final wish?"
"Kick me in the a**," said the Marine.
"What?" asked the leader? "Will you mock us in your last hour?"
"No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the a**," insisted the
Marine.
So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the a**.
The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol
from under his flack jacket, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting
confusion, he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine and
sprayed the terrorists with gunfire. In a flash, all of them were either
dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the marine was untying Rather and Couric, they asked him, "Why didn't
you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask them to kick you in
the a** first?"
What," replied the Marine, "and have you two butt heads report that I was
the aggressor?