[zeke]

> One of the main reasons why in recent years the Malaysian
> Government has always ensured that their Miss Universe
> representative were of tertiary level education or higher was
> because of the following incident which occurred not too
> many years ago.
>
> It is the final round of the Miss Universe Pageant and the
> 3 finalists, Miss USA , Miss Malaysia and Miss Singapore
> were being asked 3 simple questions:
>
> MC: The first question is name me an electrical appliance
> starting with "L"
> Miss USA : Lamp
> Miss Singapore : Light bulb
> Miss Malaysia :LADIO
> Judge: No, no, Radio does not start with the letter "L"
>
> MC: I am going to give you 3 more chances; Now, name
> me an animal starting with the letter "L"
>
> Miss USA : Lion
> Miss Singapore : Leopard
> Miss Malaysia : LABBIT
> Judge: No, no, no!
>
> MC: Your next chance. The name of a famous car that starts with "L"
>
> Miss USA : Lexus
> Miss Singapore : Lamborghini
> Miss Malaysia : Lolls-Loyce
> Judge: Oh my God!
>
> MC: I am going to give you one last chance! Name me a
> fruit starting with the letter "L"
>
> Miss USA : Lemon
> Miss Singapore : Lychee
> Miss Malaysia , with full of confidence, smiles and
> says: LIEWLIAN!!
>
> This is not the end of the story, the Judge consulted the
> board of judges to determine if Miss Malaysia should really
> be disqualified ; and they decided that since Miss Malaysia
> was having so many problems with the letter "L",
> they decided to give her another chance.
>
> Judge: OK, the final question is : Name me a human
> anatomy starting with the letter "L"
> Miss USA : Lung (applause)
> Miss Singapore : Liver (even more applause)
> Miss Malaysia : LAN CIAU
>
> The Judges fainted.....