Human Canoe
Andrew S. Chesnick
chestnic at mail.cvn.net
Tue Apr 8 19:15:36 CDT 1997
A Frenchman, an Englishman and a New Yorker were captured by cannibals.
The chief comes to them and says, "The bad news is that now we've caught
you
and we're going to kill you. We will put you in a pot, cook you, eat
you and
then we're going to use your skins to build a canoe. The good news is
that
you can choose how to die."
The Frenchman says, "I take ze sword."
The chief gives him a sword, the Frenchman says, "Vive la France!" and
runs
himself through.
The Englishman says, "a pistol for me please."
The chief gives him a pistol, the Englishman points it at his head and
says,
"God save the queen!" and blows his brains out.
The New Yorker says, "Gimme a fork."
The chief is puzzled, but he shrugs and gives him a fork. The New
Yorker
takes
the fork and starts jabbing himself all over--the stomach, the sides,
the
chest, everywhere. There is blood gushing out all over, it's horrible.
The
chief is appalled and asks, "My God, what are you doing?" And the New
Yorker
responds, "So much for your canoe you stupid &%#%#*@!"
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