US Auctions Hawai'i to Highest Bidder
Over at the Weekly World News site is a story that must have been left over from Loof Lirpa Day. According to the story, President Bush authorized the selling of the Hawaiian Islands to the highest bidder. In an auction held soon after the second inauguration, supposedly, that bidder was Japan.
"It's so far away, that it doesn't even seem like part of America anyway," the President is alleged to have said at a cabinet meeting, adding, "Besides, I talked to Daddy about it and he says there's no oil there, just pineapples and coconuts."
I'm not making this up (although they are).