Getting Home

There was some drama in Beijing yesterday as our Olympic team tried to leave for home. It seems that they had so many medals that the plane couldn't get off the ground, leaving some question as to how they were going to get home.

Again the solution fell to an American company, as Wal-Mart contracted to bring the team home on one of their freighters. The retail giant is charging a shipping fee of only $1 Million for this service. They had been planning to charge $2 Million, but Barack Obama started talking about hitting them with a Windfall Profits Tax and they promptly cut the fee in half.

Initially there was some concern about the length of the trip, but these fears were quickly allayed when Michael Phelps and the other American Swimmers agreed to use ropes to pull the boat, cutting the time required for the trip by half.

There is still some concern from Wal-Mart due to the fact that there is, on this boat, a large shipment of tea, and there is possibility that the Water Polo team may decide to re-enact the Boston Tea party when the ship reaches port. They are, after all, odd little ducks, otherwise, why would they play Water Polo?