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New Barbie - Hedgehog - 04-23-2008 New Barbie on the market comes with no shoes,no clothes,no make up,no car,no food, no house, no farm, it's called Zimbarbie! She as a pet cow Moogabie. :happy: RE: New Barbie - Koen - 04-23-2008 don't see the joke in this one... 
RE: New Barbie - McIvan - 04-23-2008 Koen: It's a play on words referencing what Robert Mugabe, the present "leader" of Zimbabwe, has managed to do to a once reasonably prosperous economy (ie completely wreck it). RE: New Barbie - Hedgehog - 04-23-2008 Mcivan...Got it one mate, Pretty obvious really :rolleyes: RE: New Barbie - Lord Bane - 04-23-2008 Must be big news in England. Hasn't really made it onto the radar over here. Bane RE: New Barbie - wigam - 04-23-2008 Big news in NZ as we have a sizable population of ex-Zimbarbies and Zimkens over here. :) RE: New Barbie - McIvan - 04-23-2008 Not big news so much as general world affairs...of course I can't speak for what is or isn't in the papers in the UK. Mugabe tends to blame all his ills on the British, as a sort of shadowy conspiritorial ex-colonial presence, so maybe it draws more press. But, anyways, it inevitably kills the joke to explain it. So here's a replacement: When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training. One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space crew walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question. His son translated for the NASA people: "What are these guys in the big suits doing?" One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip to the moon. When his son relayed this comment, the Navajo elder got all excited and asked if it would be possible to give the astronauts a message to deliver to the moon. Recognizing a promotional opportunity when he saw one, a NASA official accompanying the astronauts said, "Why certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder. The Navajo elder's comments into the microphone were brief. The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his father had said. The son listened to the recording intently, then laughed uproariously. But he refused to translate. So the NASA people took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for other members of the tribe. They too laughed long and loudly, but also refused to translate the elder's message to the moon. Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After he finally stopped laughing, the translator relayed the message: "Watch out for these assholes. They have come to steal your land." RE: New Barbie - wigam - 04-23-2008 Nice one Ivan.  lol
RE: New Barbie - Lord Bane - 04-23-2008 That is probably good advice! Bane RE: New Barbie - Hedgehog - 04-23-2008 Mcivan, thanks for the cover joke, Just one more thing people who have been following the Mugabe reign of terror will know the situation, and with that just let it rest guys.....Just to political and we don't need that !!!!  Ted
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