THREE WOMEN -- ONE GERMAN, ONE JAPANESE
>>AND A HILLBILLY -- WERE SITTING NAKED IN A
>>SAUNA.
>>
>>SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND.
>>THE GERMAN PRESSED HER FOREARM AND THE
>>BEEP STOPPED. THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER
>>QUESTIONINGLY. "THAT WAS MY PAGER," SHE
>>SAID. " I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN
>>OF MY ARM."
>>
>>A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG. THE
>>JAPANESE WOMEN LIFTED HER PALM TO HER EAR.
>>WHEN SHE FINISHED, SHE EXPLAINED, "THAT WAS MY
>>MOBILE PHONE. I HAVE A MICROCHIP IN MY HAND."
>>
>>THE HILLBILLY WOMAN FELT DECIDEDLY LOW TECH.
>>NOT TO BE OUTDONE, SHE DECIDED SHE HAD TO
>>DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESSIVE.
>>
>>SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE SAUNA AND WENT TO THE
>>BATHROOM. SHE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET
>>PAPER HANGING FROM HER BEHIND. THE OTHERS RAISED
>>THEIR EYEBROWS AND STARED AT HER.
>>
>>THE HILLBILLY WOMAN FINALLY SAID, "WELL, WILL YOU
>>LOOK AT THAT. I'M GETTIN' A FAX."
>>