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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Two els

One high-ranking Chinese military person turned to another.

"I wish our superior would not use English as a code language. It makes everything so confusing."

"Agreed. What does the communication say?"

"Mountains. Lama. Invade."

"Lama?"

They squinted over a tiny English-Chinese dictionary.

"A hairy ungulate with a long neck. They live in ..."

China invaded Peru.

Posted by Umbagollah at 10:31 AM
Labels: 1900s

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