President Frump heard a cough and looked up to see his Secretary for Missile Sales standing nervously on one leg.
Important man, this Secretary - he contributed to 20% of the country's revenue. So when he coughs there must be a problem.
"Sir" said the secretary "you know our country makes bulk of our money by selling our "Fat Boy" missiles to various countries?"
"Yes, I know" said President Frump "... and pretty profitable business too - so much demand for Fat Boy missiles from countries like Moldovia and Krakistan".
"But we have a problem now, Sir. You know there are some fringe elements agitating against selling weapons of mass destruction. So we might need to discontinue Fat Boy to show that we are ethical minded."
"What - discontinue our most profitable line?" President Frump fumed. "Are you out of your mind?"
The Secretary nervously shifted to his other leg. "But I think I have a very good solution, sir. The problem is with the term "Fat" in "Fat Boy" because there is a strong lobby of over-weight individuals who feel insulted with the word "Fat".
President Frump's eyes lit up. "Superb idea. So we just drop "Fat" from "Fat Boy" and we are back in Business? You deserve a promotion, my man"
The Secretary felt confident enough to now stand on both legs. He said: "In fact we should replace "Fat" with something else - something that says this is the same product but with some extra deadly punch".
President Frump was impressed. "Yes that is a great idea. Any suggestions on the name?"
It was bonus time, and the Secretary was well prepared. I suggest we rename "Fat Boy" as "Bat Boy" sir. It rhymes well and would also signify that we have upgraded our product".
"Super" said President Frump. "And just to be doubly sure that all our customers know about this name change, send out a circular to all the media saying that in the greater interests of man-kind we have decided to stop using discriminatory terms such as "Fat" for our top selling product.
The Secretary put on a look of awe and said "You really come up with such glowing ideas, sir".
Important man, this Secretary - he contributed to 20% of the country's revenue. So when he coughs there must be a problem.
"Sir" said the secretary "you know our country makes bulk of our money by selling our "Fat Boy" missiles to various countries?"
"Yes, I know" said President Frump "... and pretty profitable business too - so much demand for Fat Boy missiles from countries like Moldovia and Krakistan".
"But we have a problem now, Sir. You know there are some fringe elements agitating against selling weapons of mass destruction. So we might need to discontinue Fat Boy to show that we are ethical minded."
"What - discontinue our most profitable line?" President Frump fumed. "Are you out of your mind?"
The Secretary nervously shifted to his other leg. "But I think I have a very good solution, sir. The problem is with the term "Fat" in "Fat Boy" because there is a strong lobby of over-weight individuals who feel insulted with the word "Fat".
President Frump's eyes lit up. "Superb idea. So we just drop "Fat" from "Fat Boy" and we are back in Business? You deserve a promotion, my man"
The Secretary felt confident enough to now stand on both legs. He said: "In fact we should replace "Fat" with something else - something that says this is the same product but with some extra deadly punch".
President Frump was impressed. "Yes that is a great idea. Any suggestions on the name?"
It was bonus time, and the Secretary was well prepared. I suggest we rename "Fat Boy" as "Bat Boy" sir. It rhymes well and would also signify that we have upgraded our product".
"Super" said President Frump. "And just to be doubly sure that all our customers know about this name change, send out a circular to all the media saying that in the greater interests of man-kind we have decided to stop using discriminatory terms such as "Fat" for our top selling product.
The Secretary put on a look of awe and said "You really come up with such glowing ideas, sir".
