Book of Weirdness

#57

Little Johnny goes to his dad and

asks, "What is politics?"

Dad says, "Well son, let me try

to explain it this way: I'm the

breadwinner of the family, so

let's call me capitalism. Your Mom, she's the administrator

of the money, so we'll call her

the Government. We're here to

take care of your needs, so

we'll call you the people. The

Nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby

brother, we'll call him the

Future. Now, think about that

and see if that makes sense,"

So the little boy goes off to

bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he

hears his baby brother crying,

so he gets up to check on him.

He finds that the baby has

severely soiled his diaper. So

the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his

mother sound asleep. Not

wanting to wake her, he goes

to the Nanny's room. Finding

the door locked, he peeks in

the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the Nanny. He

gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little

boy says to his father, "Dad, I

think I Understand the concept

of politics now." The father says, "Good son, tell me in your

own words what you think

politics is all about." The little

boy replies, "Well, while

Capitalism is screwing the

Working Class, the Government is sound asleep,

the People are being ignored

and the Future is in deep shit."