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LITTLE GIRL ON A PLANE

A Georgia Congressman was seated next to a little girl on
the airplane leaving from Atlanta when he turned to her and
said, ‘Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go
quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow
passenger.’

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it
slowly and said to the total stranger, ‘What would you
like to talk about?’

‘Oh, I don’t know,’ said the southern
congressman. ‘How about global warming or universal
health care’, and he smiles smugly.

‘OK, ‘ she said. ‘Those could be interesting
topics. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow,
and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer
excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty,
and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you
suppose that is?’

The southern legislator, visibly surprised by the little
girl’s intelligence, thinks about it and says,
‘Hmmm, I have no idea.’

To which the little girl replies, ‘Do you really feel
qualified to discuss global warming or universal health care
when you don’t know s…it?