> A tax paying member of the public, on
> his way home from work, came to a dead
> halt in traffic and thought to himself,
> "Wow, this traffic seems worse than
> usual. Nothing's even moving." He
> noticed a police officer walking back
> and
> forth between the lines of cars, so he
> rolled down his window and asked,
> "Officer what's the hold up?" The
> officer replied: "The Prime Minister
> is
> just so depressed about all the fuel
> blockades and that his whiter than
> white image has been tarnished, that he
> stopped his Jag in the middle of the
> Motorway under protest, and He's
> threatening to douse himself in petrol
> and
> set himself on fire. He says that
> everybody hates him and he doesn't have
> the money to pay for the new house.
> We're taking up a collection for him."
> The tax payer said: "Oh really? How
> much do you have so far?" The officer
> said: "About three hundred gallons and
> 6 boxes of matches, but a lot of
> folks are still siphoning."
