Mahathir’s Rocket
Malaysia has built it’s first rocket to the moon. Mahathir (Malaysian Prime Minister) now has to choose one well trained astronaut to be the first Malaysian to land on the moon. To make it fair, he planned to
interview 1 Malay, 1 Chinese and 1 Indian candidate.
He first talked to the Indian. The Indian said “I’m very proud to be there for the country, but I need 1 milllion compensation, preferrably in US dollars”. Mahathir was angry and said “you’re doing this for the
country, why you need compensation?”.
He answered, “I’m proud of this home made rocket and I know it’s good. But in the slight chance if I got stuck out there and cannot come back,I want my family to be well taken care of”.
Mahathir was disappointed and asked him to go home and wait for reply.
The PM then interviewed the Malay. The Malay said, “I just need half a million for my wife”, for the same reason. Mahathir said “OK, I know I should have talked to you first. I am determined to send you there and you will have half million in your bank account before you take off”.
The Malay said, “Mr Mahathir, Thanks but you’ve forgotten we’re Malaysian and I have 4 wives, you need to give me 2 million”.
Mahathir was disappointed again and asked the Malay to go home and wait for his reply.
Then Mahathir interviewed the Chinese. The Chinese said, “I only need 3 million if I’m chosen”. Mahatir was even more angry and said, “Get lost! I don’t need to pay this much to send you there. I have better candidates.”
The Chinese was leaving and said, " The first million is for you…"
Mahathir opened his eyes and said, “Come back!..and…carry on…”, Then the Chinese said " and I’ll need a million to take care of my family".
Mahathir said “One for you and one for me, that sounds fair, but what about the 3rd million?”.
The Chinese said, “Oh, Mr Mahathir, I’m not going to the moon on this rocket. I’ll use the third million to send the Indian there.”