Pyramids

Today, my five year old son Jonathan said something while we were traveling a three hour trip for a family get together. It came out of the blue, and it's really quite funny. He said, "Pyramids have waterslides." I have no idea where he would have gotten that idea, but can you imagine...Ancient Egypt...

The Egyptian slave driver cracked his whip. "Come on slave, I want this pyramid done today!" They only had about 2 bricks to put in and they would be done, but they were big bricks.

The slave looked up and said "Yessir." He and his fellow slaves tried to work harder.

The slave driver continued. "I bet you think that you all will be done when you get these two bricks into place. Well, you're wrong. Pharoah has asked for a new feature on this one. You will only put in one brick, and then we will install a ladder on the inside leding up to the hole in the wall. Then, you will all dig a well on the inside. I don't care how deep you have to go, we must have water."

All the slaves groaned. One spoke up. "Are you nuts? We will have to dig for three months before we even find enough water to make a mud pie. Maybe you haven't realized, but we are in the desert."

"I don't care. What Pharoah wants, Pharoah gets. If it takes three months, it takes three months. After you hit water, you will then install a pump with a pipe leading to the hole at the top of the pyramid."

"What? I don't think we have that kind of technology. I think we'll have to wait centuries before we figure out how to do that."

"Then you'll have to be creative. After that, you will install a piece of plastic going from the hole at the top, all the way down the outside of the pyramid, until it gets to the bottom, where we will install an in-ground pool to land in."

"What?" The slave looked to the slave next to him. "Did you understand that?" The other slave shook his head. The first slave looked back to the slave driver. "What's plastic, and what is an in-ground pool?"

The slave driver held his hand to his forehead and shook his head all at once. "Never mind. We''ll take it one step at a time. Just do as I tell you."
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Three years later, after the water slide is finally complete, Pharoah comes to try it out. The slaves stand nearby and watch as Pharoah climbs the ladder, hands off his head piece, and slides down the waterslide belly first. Pharoah squeals with delight as he quickly approaches the pool at the bottom. After he hits the water with the biggest splash any Egyptian has ever seen, the slaves become jealous. The same slave that had questioned the project before approaches his slave master. "Hey, do you think we could try it?"

"No! Slaves cannot be seen having fun with the Pharoah of Egypt. If you are not working for him, you must bow down and worship him. That's what slaves do."

The slave turns back to the others. "See, I told you he wouldn't let us. Let's go guys!"

All the slaves rushed as a huge mob into the pyramid, knocking over slave drivers and royalty alike. Without stopping, they all climbed the ladder in a huge line, and dove down the water slide and into the pool, shouting with delight the whole way. Each time a slave got out of the water, they were promptly grabbed and bound. By the time the last slave got out, half the water from the pool was in the surrounding sand.

Pharoah scolded them all personally. To the sdlaves he said, "Fools! Do you have any idea how much gold you have wasted by splashing out all my water? You will not have food for three weeks!"

To the slave drivers he said, "Incompetent! That is what you all are. You're fired! All of you go home."

The slaves realized that all of a sudden, there was no one to force them to do anything. All the slave drivers were just fired. "We're free! Everyone back to the waterslide!"

And so, the cycle started all over again. As soon as they got out of their ropes, they were off for the waterslide.