GOANS DECLARE WAR ON SADDAM!!!


Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang.

"Hallo, Mr. Hussein!" a heavily accented voice said, "This is Pedroo from Moira, in Bardez, the State of Goa, in India.

I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring the war on you!"

"Well, Pedro," Saddam replied, "This is indeed important news! How Big is your army?"

"Right now," said Pedro, after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, my cousin Diego, my next door neighbour Savio, and the entire football team from our parish. That makes eight"

Saddam paused. "I must tell you, Pedroo, that I have one million men in my army waiting to move at my command.

"Maincho Go," said Pedroo. "I'll have to ring you back!"

Sure enough, the next day, Pedroo called again. "Mr. Hussein, it is Pedroo, I'm calling from Bardez STD, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be, Pedroo?" Saddam asked.

"Well, we have two scooters, a sidecar and my cousin Agnelo's Matador van."

Saddam sighed. "I must tell you, Pedroo, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armoured personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to 1.5 million since we last spoke."

"Ye Deva..." said Pedroo. "I'll have to get back to you."

Sure enough, Pedroo rang again the next day. "Mr. Hussein, the war is Still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne...... We've modified The sidecar by adding a couple of shotguns, sticking on some wings and the village generator. Four school-pass boys from Dabolim have joined us as well!"

Saddam was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Pedroo, that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites, And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"

"Aa voyse...." said Pedroo, "I'll have to ring you back."

Sure enough, Pedroo called again the next day. "Hello, Mr. Hussein! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war."

"I'm sorry to hear that," said Saddam, chuckling quietly. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

"Well," said Pedroo, "we've all had a long chat over a couple of bottles of cashew, and decided there's no way we can provide food and drink to two million prisoners of war !"