Wednesday, January 29, 2014

All the Queen's Horses

As  Air Force One arrives at Heathrow Airport , President Obama  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 smell is atrocious and both passengers  in  the carriage must use handkerchiefs over their noses.   The fart shakes the coach, but the two dignitaries of State do their best to ignore the incident.

The  Queen turns to President Obama, " 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," replied: "Your Majesty, do  not give  the matter another thought... Until you mentioned it, I  thought it was one of the horses.

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