Posted on 06/27/2008 3:26:12 AM PDT by RightSideNews
A satire about the decline of the US dollar, written in a mock biblical style reminiscent of *Private Eye's Old Testament-based spoofs.
In the last days of the ancient world, the people of Egypt loved their chariots above all. Each chariot was pulled by many horses, and each horse was an oats-guzzler, consuming many barrels of oats per mile traveled. And the land of Egypt was bountiful in all but oats to feed the horses to pull their chariots. So the Egyptians traded with the lands of the Arabites, which had plentiful oats. But the Arabites wanted gold and silver for their oats. Pharaoh was vexed and called Joseph the Wise to counsel.
"The Arabites want gold or silver for each barrel of oats," he complained. "Our treasury will soon be empty. What shall we do?"
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LLS
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