Friday, November 21, 2008

Home safe with a lovely vision of the future!

My dad forwards all sorts of crap to the entire family via email, but this one he sent only to me, because he probably knew I was the only one who would truly appreciate it. I can't wait until this happens!


A Sunny Day in 2009

One sunny day in 2009, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U. S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."The Marine again told the man, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president andNo longer resides here." The man thanked him and, again, just walkedaway.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U. S. Marine, saying, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I have told you already that Mr. Bush is no longerthe president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow."

3 comments:

Mariecel said...

Love it!

Carl (aka Sofarsogoo) said...

"Home safe?" And mysteriously, not another word about how things went on your recent excursion. So was it risky in some way to spend time in the most magical place on earth?

I remember appreciating that joke some years ago; Certain Internet "passarounds" pick up a certain immortality, it seems. But it must've had a different import then, as I wasn't likely to have gotten something expressing relief at B. Clinton leaving office. But my memory is resisting telling me anything else.

andante said...

Love the joke; next time I'm in DC (post inaugural) I may try it myself.