Sanjar Qiam, in Kabul:
Story has it Little Ahmad wanted 1000Afs [Afghani, the currency of Afghanistan] badly and prayed for two weeks
but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting
the 1000Afs. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed
to God, Afghanistan, they decided to send it to President Karzai.
President Karzai didn’t know what to do with it and forward it to
President Bush. Bush as God’s rep on earth was so impressed, touched,
and amused that he instructed his secretary to send Ahmad a 100 Afs
note. Bush thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little
boy in a place where they never have money. Ahmad was delighted with
the 100AFs and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read:
Dear God, Thank you very much for sending the money, however, I noticed
that for some reason you had to send it through Bush and Karzai offices
and, as usual, those crooks deducted 900Afs. Thanks, Ahmad.
Good joke, but unrealistic. One hundred Afghani is about $2.14 at today's rates. Bush never sent anyone a dime unless he thought he'd get something out of it.
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