Shoes, Paper, Scissors

The barber followed him out with a large frown on his face.

“Who was that?” asked Ko Paing, who was just passing when he saw the gentleman stumbling out the barber’s shop and running away.

“Just another greedy bureaucrat,” replied the barber.

“Look!” said Ko Paing bending down. “He ran off without one of his shoes!”

The barber smirked. “Just like Cinderella.”

“I heard that some Saudi man offered to pay $10 million for the shoes that the Iraqi journalist threw at Bush,” said Ko Paing.

“Really?” said the barber, taking the shoe in his hand with a smile.

“Yes,” continued young Ko Paing. “He told the press he considered the shoes to be ‘Medals of Freedom.’”

“Really?” beamed the barber. “Well, in that case, maybe I’ll hang this one over my mantelpiece. After all, I’ll never get a medal for diplomacy!”