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   From: deutsches@mutter.com   
      
   A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF REPRESENTATION WE HAVE IN CONGRESS,   
   TRUE STORY :   
      
   A noted psychiatrist was a guest speaker at an academic function where   
   Nancy Pelosi happened to appear. Ms Pelosi took the opportunity to   
   schmooze the good doctor a bit and asked him a question with which he   
   was most at ease.   
      
   'Would you mind telling me, Doctor,' she asked, 'how you detect a mental   
   deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?'   
      
   'Nothing is easier,' he replied. 'You ask a simple question which anyone   
   should answer with no trouble. If the person hesitates, that puts you on   
   the track..'   
      
   'What sort of question?' asked Pelosi.   
      
   Well, you might ask, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and   
   died during one of them. Which one?''   
      
   Pelosi thought a moment, and then said with a nervous laugh, 'You   
   wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I   
   don't know much about history.'   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)