THE EXPLANATION

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A

KING WHO WANTED TO GO FISHING.

HE CALLED THE ROYAL WEATHER FORECASTER

AND INQUIRED AS TO THE WEATHER FORECAST

FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE WEATHERMAN ASSURED HIM THAT

THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF RAIN

IN THE COMING DAYS.

SO THE KING WENT FISHING WITH HIS WIFE,

THE QUEEN.

ON THE WAY HE MET A FARMER ON HIS DONKEY.

UPON SEEING THE KING THE FARMER SAID,

"YOUR MAJESTY, YOU SHOULD RETURN

TO THE PALACE AT ONCE BECAUSE IN

JUST A SHORT TIME I EXPECT A HUGE

AMOUNT OF RAIN TO FALL IN THIS AREA".

THE KING WAS POLITE AND CONSIDERATE,

HE REPLIED:

"I HOLD THE PALACE METEOROLOGIST

IN HIGH REGARD. HE IS AN EXTENSIVELY

EDUCATED AND EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL. 

AND BESIDES, I PAY HIM VERY HIGH WAGES.

HE GAVE ME A VERY DIFFERENT FORECAST.

I TRUST HIM AND I WILL CONTINUE ON MY WAY." 

SO HE CONTINUED ON HIS WAY.

HOWEVER, A SHORT TIME LATER A

TORRENTIAL RAIN FELL FROM THE SKY. 

THE KING AND QUEEN WERE TOTALLY

SOAKED AND THEIR ENTOURAGE CHUCKLED

UPON SEEING THEM IN SUCH A SHAMEFUL CONDITION.

FURIOUS, THE KING RETURNED TO

THE PALACE AND GAVE THE ORDER TO

FIRE THE PROFESSIONAL.

THEN HE SUMMONED THE FARMER AND

OFFERED HIM THE PRESTIGIOUS AND

HIGH PAYING ROLE OF ROYAL FORECASTER.
 
THE FARMER SAID,

"YOUR MAJESTY, I DO NOT KNOW

ANYTHING ABOUT FORECASTING. 

I OBTAIN MY INFORMATION FROM MY DONKEY.
IF I SEE MY DONKEY'S EARS DROOPING,

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 THE

GOVERNMENT AND OCCUPY ITS HIGHEST

AND MOST INFLUENTIAL POSITIONS.
 
AND THE PRACTICE IS UNBROKEN TO THIS DAY..