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Tuesday, 15 November 2011 |
A while back there was an opening in the CIA for an assassin. These
highly classified positions are extremely difficult to fill, requiring
an extensive background check, training, and testing before candidates
are even considered for the position. After reviewing several applicants
and completing all the checks and training, the field was narrowed to
the three most promising candidates. The day came for the final test,
which would determine which of equally qualified candidates, would get
the job.
The final candidates consisted of two men and one woman. The men
administering the test took the first candidate, a man, down a corridor
to a closed door and handed him a gun saying, "We must be completely
assured that you will complete your assignments and follow instructions
regardless of the circumstances. Inside this room you will find your
wife, seated in a chair. Take this gun and kill her." The man, looking
completely shocked said, "You can't be serious! I could never kill my
wife." The CIA man said, "Well, then, you're obviously not the man for
the job. Take your wife and go home." They brought the next candidate
in, the other man, and repeated the instructions. This man took the gun,
walked into the room and closed the door. However, after five minutes
of silence, the door opened and the man handed the CIA tester the gun,
saying, "I just couldn't do it. I couldn't kill my wife. I tried to pull
the trigger but I just couldn't do it." The CIA man said, "Well, then,
you're obviously not the man for the job. Take your wife and go home."
Then they brought the woman down the corridor to the closed door, handed
her a gun, and said, "We must be completely assured that you will
complete your assignments and follow instructions regardless of the
circumstances. Inside this room you will find your husband, seated in a
chair. Take this gun and kill him." The woman took the gun, walked into
the room, and before the door closed all the way, the CIA men heard the
gun start firing. One shot after another, for thirteen shots, the noise
continued. Then all hell broke loose. For the next several minutes, the
men heard screaming, cursing, furniture crashing and banging on the
walls; then suddenly, silence. The door opened slowly and there stood
the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "You guys didn't
tell me the gun was loaded with blanks! I had to beat him to death with
the chair!"
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