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Popping the Cherry

Legend has it that George Washington , America's first president , chopped down a cherry tree in his youth. George give the tree a good swing an chops it down with an axe. His father sees the damaged tree and asks his son if he knows who did the deed. George is quoted bravely admitting the truth :-

'I can't tell a lie, Pa ; you know I can't tell a lie.
I did cut it with my axe.'


This is a satire of how some Malaysian politicians circa 2008 may have reacted to the question :-

PM Badawi -
I did not cut the tree , I was just taking a nap undernearth it.

Najib -
I swear that I never MET that tree.

Hishamuddin-
... I only own a keris, not axe, how to cut down the tree ?

Dr.M-
Apa nama cherry tree. I chopped it down because ,I don't like the idea of Pak Lah sleeping under it.

Chua Soi Lek-
Yes it was me, I resign as caretaker of this orchard.

VK Lingam-
It could be me, it might have been me but I don't think it's me.

Anwar Ibrahim-
I DID NOT do it, and I am not giving you my DNA samples for you to plant on the axe handle.

Khir Toyo-
the new state government should just trim the grass and not waste time asking who cut the tree.

Ahmad Said (T'ganu MB)-
I chopped it because cherry trees are more expensive to maintain than durian trees.

Azalina Othman-
The cherry tree is not included under my tourism MOU so I cut it down. Besides there were unauthorized signboards put up around the tree.

Shabery Cheek-
I challenge you to a debate on tree cutting.

Samy Vellu-
I chopped it because HINDRAF members were using it as meeting point.

Wira Ali Rustam-
We have planted Durian trees for 50 years and we will plant them for another 50 years. We do not need cherry trees, apple trees, pear trees, and all those other foreign trees.

Rais Yatim-
You must see the bigger picture,Ahmad said cherry trees are expensive to maintain, Ali Rustam said that are against our national identity and I needed to test my new axe, so you see , it's a WIN WIN situation all around.

Sharir Samad-
I cut the tree because we could no longer afford to subsidize it.

Karpal Singh-
The bigfoot creature did it.

Bung Mokhtar-
The big monkey did it.

Pandikar Amin Mulia-
There is nothing in standing orders against chopping cherry trees, Kinabatangan duduk, Bukit Gelugor duduk, sit down.

Khairy Jamaluddin-
I did not do it, neither did the mat rempits. By the way ,what is a cherry tree ?

Lim Kit Siang-
In response to Khairy-cherry trees also you don't know, you are an insult to Oxford.

Nazri Aziz-
racist,rasict,rasict when we cut down durian trees nobody make a fuss.

Ahmad Ismail-
The cherry trees cut my axe ! Apologize to my axe or the consequences will be face by you cherry trees.

Malaysian citizens-
oh for heaven's sake! somebody plant something before we all strave to death.

Simply Saw-
Are you insane ? me chopping cherry trees ? I only POP THE CHERRY !!!

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posted by sir Simply saw {sSs} @ 6:56 AM