India and Bangladesh have argued for almost 30 years over
control of a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have
ended the argument for them: the island's gone.
A musician walks into a curio shop to look around. The first thing
that catches his eye is a stuffed rat. He looks around and finally
curiosity gets the better of him and he asks the old man about the
stuffed rat. Ït's only $15", says the old curio shop owner, "but if
you take it, you must promise to never bring it back!" The musician
bites and antes up the $15 and leaves with the stuffed rat.
After walking a few blocks he notices that some rats are following
him. A few more blocks and there are hundreds of rats following him.
He goes down to the wharf, by which time there are many thousands of
rats following him. He tosses the stuffed rat into the bay and every
rat for miles around jump into the bay and drown!
He rushes back to the curio store. As he enters, the old man shouts
"Get out of here. I told you that you can't bring the rat back!" "Öh
no," said the musician, Ï didn't bring the rat back. I just wondered
if you had any stuffed lawyers!
