|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 US discovers a new continent
President Bush this week announced the stunning discovery : an entirely new continent.
The previously unexplored landmass will be named Africa, an ancient name apparently used by the tribal peoples living on the continent. It will be the first entirely new landmass discovered since the days of captain cook.
"This is an amazing day for the US and for the world." Bush told reporters. "An entirely new continent, filled with an unsophisticated people quite clearly waiting to be led into a new dawn of enlightenment by the US."
Bush told reporters that the US has not yet decided how to proceed in claiming the territory.
"We may just plant a flag." Bush told reporters. "That is the traditional colonial way... however if they already have a flag, which may be a possibility, we may have to do it differently... Both military and commercial options are being held open."
The discoverer of the continent, Exxon chairman Lee R. Raymond looks set to receive the congressional medal of honour.
"It is an amazing stroke of luck that I found Africa,” he told BIGfib. "I was looking through some reports of alternative oil reserves around the world and suddenly there it was..."
"Quite incredible really that no one had ever noticed it. We dispatched our top executive Bush immediately."
Raymond brushed off any suggestion that this was not a new discovery.
"Look, saying that the fact that there are already people living there invalidates my discovery is ridiculous. The same logic would imply that the presence of native Americans invalidates the very foundation of the US."
See also : No water from Evian but African leaders plane tickets to be reimbursed.
<<< back
|
|
|
|
|
