11 November 2005 — Today is Kurt Vonnegut's birthday. Last April 30, Mr. Vonnegut walked to the mailbox on the corner of the street where he lives and sent this joke, in the form of a personal letter from Uncle Sam to Iraq, to his editor and publisher, Dan Simon at Seven Stories Press. It has never been published before.


Dearest Iraq:

Act like me. After 100 years of democracy let your slaves go. After 150 let your women vote. At the start of democracy ethnic cleansing is quite OK.

Love you madly!

UNCLE SAM

Thanks to BookNinja for the link.
On my birthday I just drink twentysomething shots of Jagermeister . . .