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Suicide Bomber Shops For Life Insurance
A suicide bomber named Ali-Bye saw a commercial by Prudential of Iraq and became concerned about what could happen to his family after he completed his mission. He decided that the next day he would go shopping for life insurance.
In the morning, he opened the Baghdad Yellow Pages and leafed through them, an activity that required extraordinary dexterity, because the reference book was still smoldering from having been sitting nearby when a fellow practitioner of his life-abbreviating vocation swung into action.
Ali quickly noticed that, due to the self-inflicted precariousness of mercantile activity in the ancient city, there was only one insurance company to consider. He wrote down the address, tucked it under his suicide belt, and headed for Prudential.
As he walked along the bustling street, he considered the various innocent men, women, and children he might blow up as meritorious service to Allah, but decided to restrain himself until he was covered by life insurance.
After a time, he came upon the company, which was located in a storefront at street level, no doubt due to the shortage of taller buildings that were still standing. He entered and found an unsuspecting receptionist.
She looked up, smiled, and asked, “How can I help you?”
“I want to buy life insurance,”
Ali-Bye told her.
“Of course,” she replied, and picked up the phone. “We have a customer....Yes, right away.” She hung up and smiled. “Please, follow me.”
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