The world's toughest job....

Q.  Do you know the profession that you would most likely starve to death pursuing?

Amman, Jordan

Baghdad, Iraq

Cairo, Egypt

Peshawar, Pakistan

Tehran, Iran

Tripoli, Libya

Damascus, Syria

Osama bin Laden's million-dollar estate in Pakistan.

A.  A paint salesman in the Mideast. *

No wonder they're always pissed off.  The heat, that awful music wailing from the loudspeakers, always having to lug around a grenade launcher, and those dirt-colored cities!  Maybe instead of sending them "democracy" we should try sending them some iTunes gift cards and some Sherwin Williams paint.  Couldn't hurt.  Might even cheer 'em up a little.

S

*Yes, I know....Pakistan is in SW Asia.  Picky, picky.