Three cave divers heard rumors about this spectacular cave in the desert of Saudi Arabia. Rumor had it that the cave was highly decorated, full of crystal clear water at a constant 80 degree f, deep enough to make it challenging but not so deep to require long boring and extended decompression. It was also rumored that the cave went on for miles and miles under the desert with complex and challenging passages, jumps, loops, switchbacks and numerous sinks and domes. The cave was known as the "Jewel of Allah", its location lost in the deep mysteries of the Koran. After years of searching, following every rumor, innuendo and lead our three divers found the "Jewel of Allah" and traveled to Saudi Arabia to dive it.
Lo and behold it was everything they had heard and more. After an extend 12 hour dive laying line through the virgin passages, the three divers surfaced to an armed contingency of Al Quaida fighters commanded by Osama Bin Laden himself. Brandishing their Uzzi's (Uzzi's??) the Al Quaida gunmen glowered down at the divers floating on the surface. Bin Laden stepped forward and bellowed in English that they were all under arrest for desecrating and violating the holiest of holies, the "Jewel of Allah.
Bound, gagged the three divers were brought before an ecclesiastic court of Taliban clerics, where they were promptly sentenced to death. The chief Talliban Mullah pointed his accusing finger at them and said, "infidels, you shall die as you have lived, cast out from among the anointed". The next morning, the three cave divers were brought out to the place of public execution. There they saw the instrument of their demise, an old French Guillotine left over from the colonial days when France had much influence in that part of the world. The first diver, came out and was allowed a minute to make his peace with the almighty. Because he was certified through the NSS-CDS, he briefly chanted their credo as the blade was released to begin its fatal journey to the bottom of the Guillotine. Inches from the NSS-CDS diver's neck, the blade became jammed in the track and came to a dead stop. "Allah be praised", shouted the Talliban responsible for ensuring the executions took place properly. "It is Allah's will that you be spared, go in peace infidel and sin no more".
The second diver was brought forth to meet his maker. Moments before the mighty blade finished the job, he was heard to mumble the NACD credo, as that was the agency that certified him. Millimeters from his neck, the blade jammed and his life were also spared. "It is Allah's will that you too shall be spared, go in peace and violate our sacred places no more", said the presiding Talliban.
The third diver, certified by GUE, knowing what had happened to his buddies didn't wait to be brought out. He straightened up, marched out and in a commanding voice turned to his executioners and said "now I'm gonna show you strokes what you're doing wrong".
Lo and behold it was everything they had heard and more. After an extend 12 hour dive laying line through the virgin passages, the three divers surfaced to an armed contingency of Al Quaida fighters commanded by Osama Bin Laden himself. Brandishing their Uzzi's (Uzzi's??) the Al Quaida gunmen glowered down at the divers floating on the surface. Bin Laden stepped forward and bellowed in English that they were all under arrest for desecrating and violating the holiest of holies, the "Jewel of Allah.
Bound, gagged the three divers were brought before an ecclesiastic court of Taliban clerics, where they were promptly sentenced to death. The chief Talliban Mullah pointed his accusing finger at them and said, "infidels, you shall die as you have lived, cast out from among the anointed". The next morning, the three cave divers were brought out to the place of public execution. There they saw the instrument of their demise, an old French Guillotine left over from the colonial days when France had much influence in that part of the world. The first diver, came out and was allowed a minute to make his peace with the almighty. Because he was certified through the NSS-CDS, he briefly chanted their credo as the blade was released to begin its fatal journey to the bottom of the Guillotine. Inches from the NSS-CDS diver's neck, the blade became jammed in the track and came to a dead stop. "Allah be praised", shouted the Talliban responsible for ensuring the executions took place properly. "It is Allah's will that you be spared, go in peace infidel and sin no more".
The second diver was brought forth to meet his maker. Moments before the mighty blade finished the job, he was heard to mumble the NACD credo, as that was the agency that certified him. Millimeters from his neck, the blade jammed and his life were also spared. "It is Allah's will that you too shall be spared, go in peace and violate our sacred places no more", said the presiding Talliban.
The third diver, certified by GUE, knowing what had happened to his buddies didn't wait to be brought out. He straightened up, marched out and in a commanding voice turned to his executioners and said "now I'm gonna show you strokes what you're doing wrong".
