George Bush was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when
>  his telephone rang.
> 
>  'Hello, Mr. Bush!' a heavily accented voice said, 'This is Ka Menong from
>  Baranggay Langgas, Infanta, Quezon Province. I am ringing to inform you
>  that we are officially declaring war on you!'
> 
>  'Well, Ka Menong,' Bush replied, 'This is indeed important news! How big
>  is your army'
> 
>  'Right now,' said Ka Menong, after a moment's calculation, 'there is
>  myself, my cousin Tasyo, my next door neighbor Entong, and the entire
>  Langgas team from the pakatan. That makes eight.'
> 
>  Bush paused. 'I must tel l you, Ka Menong that I have one million men in
>  my army waiting to move on my command.'
> 
>  'Aray..' said Ka Menong. 'I'll have to ring you back!'
> 
>  Sure enough, the next day, Ka Menong called again.
> 
>  'Mr. Bush, it is Ka Menong, I'm calling from Alitas, the war is still on!
>  We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!'
> 
>  'And what equipment would that be, Ka Menong?' Bush asked.
> 
>  'Well, we have two jeepneys, a carabao and Tasyo's tractor.'
> 
>  Bush sighed. 'I must tell you, Ka Menong, that I have 16,000 tanks and
>  14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to 1-1/2
>  million since we last spoke.'
> 
>  'Ay naku naman....' said Ka Menong. 'I'll have to get back to you.'
> 
>  Sure enough, Ka Menong rang again the next day.
> 
>  'Mr. Bush, the war is still on!  We have managed to get ourselves
>  airborne.... .. We've modified Tasyo's tractor by adding a couple of
>  shotguns, sticking on some wings and the baranggay's generator. Four high
>  school boys from Alitas have joined us as well!'
> 
>  Bush was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. 'I must tell
>  you, Ka Menong, 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!'
> 
>  'Susmariosep. ...' said Ka Menong, 'I'll have to ring you back.'
> 
>  Sure enough, Ka Menong called again the next day.
> 
>  'Ganyan ka pala, Mr.Bush! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call
>  off the war.'
> 
>  'I'm sorry to  hear that,' said Bush. 'Why the sudden change of heart.'
> 
>  'Well,' said Ka Menong, 'we've all had a long chat over a couple of alak,
>  and decided there's no way we can feed two million prisoners of war!'
> 
>  NOW THAT'S CALLED PILIPINO CONFIDENCE...




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