Rarely heard, and even more rarely seen, Agent 21 sends us this little story from the Antipodes. [How can you be against podes? Ed.]
As Air Force One arrives at Heathrow Airport, President Obama descends to a warm and dignified reception from the Queen.
They are driven in a 1934 Bentley to the edge of central London, where they change to a magnificent 17th-century carriage hitched to six white horses. They continue on towards Buckingham Palace, waving to thousands of cheering Britons. All is going well.
Suddenly, the right rear horse lets out the most horrendous earth-shattering fart ever heard in the British Commonwealth. The smell is so atrocious that both passengers in the royal landau must use handkerchiefs to cover their noses. The fart shakes the coach, but the two heads of state do their best to ignore the incident.
The Queen politely turns to President Obama and says, "Mr President, please, accept my regrets. I am sure you understand there are some things that even a Queen cannot control."
Obama, always trying to be "presidential," responds, "Your Majesty, plese don't give the matter another thought. Until you mentioned it, I honestly thought it was one of the horses."
Moral of the story: SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
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