After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Osama is still alive",

Osama himself decided to send George W a letter in his own handwriting to

let him know he was still in the game. Bush opened the letter and it

appeared to contain a coded message:

370HSSV-0773H

Bush was baffled, so he typed it out and emailed it to Colin Powell.

Colin and his aides had no clue either so they sent it to the CIA. No one

could solve it so it went to the NSA and then to MIT and NASA And the

Secret Service.

Eventually they asked Britain's MI6 for help. They cabled the White

House:



"Tell the President he is looking at the message upside down.

Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths that some people will go to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really are?"

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a blackboard and some chalk?"

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says. "Welcome to heaven!"

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for credentials.

Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"

Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."

Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!" he says. "Come on in!"

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"

George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"

Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."

Robby (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:13 pm The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for credentials.

Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"

Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."

Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Somewhere on the web there should be, (but Google can't find it,) the story of the evening that Picasso went to a party at the London flat of the crystallographer JD Bernal and quite literally did create a mural with a few strokes of a pencil.

Robby (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:13 pm George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"

Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."

Robby, you aren't by any chance a Princton alumnus, are you?

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