The Joke.

I was told the following joke when I was around 11 years old:

Three agricultural scientists were determined to discover what would happen if they inserted a cork in to a pig's fundament and force fed it. 
They procured a Yorkshire sow and inserted a large cork.

After six weeks of force feeding, the sow was the size of the Goodyear blimp and threatening to burst. Being humane types, the scientists agreed that the cork must now be removed.

No-one wished to volunteer for the job so, in true scientific tradition, they decided to train a monkey for the task and swiftly put a small gibbon through a crash course in cork-pulling.

The day came and the pig was air-lifted to a remote moorland area for safety's sake. Special equipment was set up to monitor the event. 
In the middle of the moor, the pig. Behind the pig, the monkey. One mile behind him, one of the scientists with a video camera. One mile behind that scientist, the other two scientists with a seismometer. 


Ready, get set...
The monkey pulls out the cork.


When the massive geyser has subsided, the two scientists find themselves knee-deep in pig ordure. 
Grabbing shovels they wade forward and dig out the first man who has been buried up to his neck. When they free him they find that he is laughing hysterically.
"What's so funny?" they ask. 
"You should have seen the monkey trying to put the cork back!"

When I was 11 this was funny in it's self.
Now I'm 53 it's funny because of:


01) The News International Phone Tapping Scandle.
02) Harold Camping.
03) High Court Super Injunctions.
04) The eG8's plans to 'tame' the internet.