Once upon a time in a kingdom by the sea there was a king that was fond of fishing. One day he wanted to go fishing, so he asked the royal weather forecaster for the weather forecast for the next few hours.
The highly esteemed royal weather forecaster looked at his forecast models, developed at great expense and verified by 97% of all climate scientists. He
assured the King there was zero percent probability of rain.
So the king and the queen went fishing. On the way they met a man with a fishing pole riding on a donkey, and he asked the man if the fish were biting.
The fisherman said, “Your Majesty, you should return to the palace!
In just a short time I expect a huge rain storm.”
The king replied: “I have invested a large portion of the science budget of my kingdom in climate science and my royal weather forecaster assured me there is no chance of rain. I believe in science and trust him.”
So the king and queen continued on their way.
However, a short time later a torrential rain fell from the sky. The king and queen got thoroughly soaked.
Furious, they returned to the palace and the king gave the order to fire the meteorologist.
Then he summoned the fisherman and offered him the prestigious position of royal weather forecaster.
The fisherman said, “Your Majesty, I do not know anything about weather forecasting. The donkey told me.”
The King replied: “The donkey is a dumb animal and cannot speak.”
“True,” said the fisherman, “but, if his ears droop, it means with certainty that it will rain.”
So the king hired the donkey.
And thus began the practice of hiring dumb asses to work in influential positions of government. The practice is unbroken to this date, and thus the democrat party symbol was born.
(Is it a true story? Not really. It is making its rounds. This is how the dumb asses party symbol got started.)
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