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On the lighter side....
daddo
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Thousands of years ago there lived a man everyone called "STAN". STAN was an inventor in an unknown country called Vermainia. Not much was said about his inventions as none of them seemed to work as he planned and injuries were common to those who tried them. Finally he invented the ultimate weapon he claimed would cause havoc on neighboring countries making Vermaimia the ultimate power. "Setting this bomb off in our enemies countries will cause them to obey our every command, as it releases a gas which will subdue them"- STAN pronounced. However; the people were already tired and afraid of his so called inventions and cast him out, sending him far away. STAN left but took his bomb (he named "STAN" after himself) with him. He arrived in a place of outstanding beauty, lush with tall trees, green valleys and flowing pristeen waters. Life was good there but he soon became bored and was always curious if his bomb would actualy work, so he set off to find out. Finding a small village only a few miles away,he thought- "I will set this bomb off in this village and the people will be at my command. I will be as a God to them and they will wait on me hand and foot"! STAN placed the bomb in a secure place, set the timer, then went away so he wouldn't succum to the gas. He watched from a mountain far away as the bomb exploded. It was more than he had expected. The fire and winds were tremendous and he saw a wave of destruction headed his way as he ducked into a cave. He was thrown into a deep sleep. When he awoke days later-he saw in horror, when he left the cave, the destruction his bomb had caused. All the trees, plants, and pristeen waters were gone. For hundreds of miles-everything- gone! Yet somehow the people survived. He walked down to the village which was gone, to appologize only to find the people not mad but, kneeling down to him because of his great power to do such a thing. From that time on, he was a God to them and they did whatever he said and waited on him hand and foot! He set up a religion and a way of life for these followers and soon they occupied a large part of the land. Every country thereafter was named after him in respects. Such as "PakiSTAN, AfghaniSTAN, TurkmeniSTAN, UzbekiSTAN, KazakhSTAN, ect.. Now you know the rest of the story!!!(No animals were harmed in the writing of this story.)
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