A tax paying member of the public, on his way home from work, came to a
dead halt in traffic and thought to himself, "Wow, this traffic seems
worse than usual.  Nothing's even moving." He noticed a police officer
walking back and forth between the lines of cars, so he rolled down his
window and asked, "Officer what's the hold up?"

  The officer replied:  "The Prime Minister is just so depressed about all
the fuel blockades and that his whiter than white image has been
tarnished, that he stopped his Jag in the middle of the Motorway under
protest, and He's threatening to douse himself in petrol and set
himself on fire.  He says that everybody hates him and he doesn't have
the money to pay for the new house.  We're taking up a collection for
him."  The tax payer said:  "Oh really?  How much do you have so far?"

The officer said:  "About three hundred gallons, but a lot of folks are
still syphoning."

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