Monday, September 19, 2005

Who's on First, 2005 edition

Bush: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?

Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.

Bush: Great. Lay it on me.

Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.

Bush: That's what I want to know.

Condi: That's what I'm telling you.

Bush: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes.

Bush: I mean the fellow's name.

Condi: Hu.

Bush: The guy in China.

Condi: Hu.

Bush: The new leader of China.

Condi: Hu.

Bush: The main man in China!

Condi: Hu is leading China.

Bush: Now whaddya' asking me for?

Condi: I'm telling you, Hu is leading China.

Bush: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?

Condi: That's the man's name.

Bush: That's who's name?

Condi: Yes.

Bush: Will you, or will you not, tell me the name of the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes, sir.

Bush: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he's dead in the Middle East.

Condi: That's correct.

Bush: Then who is in China?

Condi: Yes, sir.

Bush: Yassir is in China?

Condi: No, sir.

Bush: Then who is?

Condi: Yes, sir.

Bush: Yassir?

Condi: No, sir.

Bush: Look Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.

Condi: Kofi?

Bush: No, thanks.

Condi: You want Kofi?

Bush: No.

Condi: You don't want Kofi.

Bush: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.

Condi: Yes, sir.

Bush: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.

Condi: Kofi?

Bush: Milk! Will you please make the call?

Condi: And call who?

Bush: Who is the guy at the U.N?

Condi: Hu is the guy in China

Bush: Will you stay out of China?!

Condi: Yes, sir.

Bush: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.

Condi: Kofi.

Bush: All right! With cream and two sugars.

1 Comments:

At 10:18 AM, Blogger Dad29 said...

And, by the way, if you can expand that to about 10 minutes' spoken dialogue, I PROMISE you that my Forensics team will use it next year.

And I'll even invite you to observe and critique...

 

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