I hope it does not insult anyone but it is funny and there is so much truth to the story.

> >> THE SILVER SCREW

> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its
> >> place was a silver screw. All the doctors told his mother that there was
> >> nothing they could do.
> >>
> >>
> >> Like it or not, he was stuck with it . . . He was screwed.
> >>
> >>
> >> All the years of growing up were real tough on him, as all who saw the
> >> screw made fun of him. He avoided leaving his house . . . And thus,
> >> never made any friends.
> >>
> >> One day, a mysterious stranger saw his belly and told him of a monk in
> >> Tibet who could get rid of the screw for him. He was thrilled. The
> >> next day, he took all of his life's savings and bought a ticket to Nepal
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, he came upon a giant
> >> monastery. The monk knew exactly why he had come. The screwy guy was told
> >> to sleep in the highest tower of the monastery and the following day when
> >> he awoke, the screw would have been removed. The man immediately went to
> >> the room and fell asleep.
> >>
> >> During the night while he slept, a purple fog floated in an open window.
> >> In the mist floated a solid silver screwdriver. In just moments, the
> >> screwdriver removed the screw and disappeared out the window.
> >>
> >>
> >> The next morning when the man awoke, he saw the silver screw laying on
> >> the pillow next to him. Reaching down, he felt his navel, and there was
> >> no screw there! Jubilant, he leaped out of bed . . . . And his butt fell
> >> off..
> >>
> >> The moral to this is:
> >>
> >>
> >> 'Don't screw around with things you don't understand -- You could lose
> >> your ass.'
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ---- Congress is noted for screwing around with things they don't
> >> understand - like the economy. That's why we are all losing our asses!