Subject: BBC Reporters & British Squaddie Orla Guerin, John Simpson, Mark Easton, all from the BBC were on assignment several years ago and a Squaddie was there to guard them when they were all captured by an Iraqi terrorist squad and they were informed that they were all going to be shot and on camera. However,praise be to Allah the merciful, they were all granted one wish. Orla Guerin, pushing to the front said, Well, Im Oirish and I want a pint of ice cold Guinness. The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with the cold beer. Orla Gurin drank it all and said, Now I can die content. John Simpson said, Im living in New York , so Id like to hear the song, The Moon and Me, one last time. The terrorist leader nodded to another terrorist who had studied the Western world and knew the music. He returned with some rag-tag musicians and played the song. Simpson, with a satisfied grin said, now I am satisfied. Mark Easton said, Im a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and whats about to happen. Maybe, someday, someone will hear it and know that I was on the job until the very end. The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and Mark Easton dictated his comments. He then said, Now I can die happy. The leader turned and asked, And now Squaddie, what is your final wish? Punch me in the mouth, said the Squaddie. What? asked the leader, Will you mock us in your last hour? No, Im NOT kidding. I want you to punch me in me gob, insisted the Squaddie. So the leader shoved him into the yard and punched in the mouth with a vicious swipe.. The Squaddie went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from inside his cammies and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he emptied his sidearm on six terrorists, then with his knife he slashed the throat of one, and with an AK-47, which he took, sprayed the rest of the terrorists killing another 11. In a flash, all of them were either dead or fleeing for their lives. As the Squaddie was untying Gurin, Simpson and Easton, they asked him, Why didnt you just shoot them all in the first place? Why did you ask him to punch you in the mouth?? What? replied the Squaddie, and have you three arseholes report that I was the aggressor...?
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:04:42 +0000
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