Sunday, March 30, 2008

Six White Horses & President Bush

An oldie but worth republishing -

Air Force One arrives at Heathrow and President Bush strides 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 the thousands of
cheering Britons; all is going well.

Suddenly, the right rear horse lets fly with the most horrendous
earth-shattering fart ever heard in the British Empire. The fart
shakes the coach. The smell is atrocious!

Both passengers in the carriage must use perfume-dipped handkerchiefs
over their nose, but the two dignitaries of state do their best to
ignore the incident.

The Queen turns to President Bush saying, 'Mr. President, please
accept my regrets. I am sure you understand there are some things that
even a Queen cannot control.'

Bush, with his usual diplomatic aplomb, replies, 'Your Majesty, please
do not give the matter another thought. In fact, until you mentioned
it, I thought it was one of the horses.'