\nWell now we know how it started.<\/p>\n
\tOnce upon a time there was a king who wanted to go fishing.<\/p>\n
\tHe called the royal weather forecaster and enquired as to the weath er forecast for the next few hours.
\n\tThe weatherman assured him that there was no chance of rain in the coming days.<\/p>\n
\tSo the king went fishing with his wife, the queen. On the way he met a farmer on his donkey. Upon seeing the king the farmer said, "Your Majesty, you should return to the palace at once because in just a short time I expect a huge amount of rain to fall in this area".<\/p>\n
\tThe king was polite and considerate, he replied: "I hold the palace meteorologist in high regard. He is an extensively educated and experienced professional. And besides, I pay him very high wages. He gave me a very different forecast. I trust him and I will continue on my way." So he continued on his way.<\/p>\n
\tHowever, a short time later a torrential rain fell from the sky. The King and Queen were totally soaked and their entourage chuckled upon seeing them in such a shameful condition.<\/p>\n
\tFurious, the king returned to the palace and gave the order to fire the weatherman at once!
\n\tThen he summoned the farmer and offered him the prestigious and high paying role of royal forecaster.
\n\tThe farmer said, "Your Majesty, I do not know anything about forecasting. I obtain my information from my donkey. If I see my donkey’s ears drooping, it means with certainty that it will rain."<\/p>\n
\tSo the king hired the donkey.<\/p>\n
\tAnd so began the practice of hiring asses to work in the government and occupy its highest and most influential positions.<\/p>\n
Posted by:<\/strong> Mr Finesse on August 1, 2015, 2:32 am<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> sevenout on August 1, 2015, 2:38 am<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on August 1, 2015, 1:37 pm<\/p>\n \tDoc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well now we know how it started. Once upon a time there was a king who wanted to go fishing. He called the royal weather forecaster and enquired as to the weath er forecast for the next few hours. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}