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| English: President George W. Bush toasts Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom following welcoming remarks, during the State Dinner in her honor at the White House. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
An old chesnut of a story that has done the rounds before:
A friend sent me this version this morning....
"At
Heathrow Airport in
England, a 300-foot red carpet was stretched out to
Air Force One and
President Bush strode to a warm but dignified handshake from
Queen Elizabeth II. They rode in a silver 1934 Bentley to the edge of
central
London where they boarded an open 17th century coach hitched to six magnificent
white horses. As they rode toward
Buckingham Palace, each looking to their side
and waving to the thousands of cheering
Britons lining the streets, all was
going well. This was indeed a glorious display of pageantry and dignity.
Suddenly the scene was shattered when the right rear horse let rip the most
horrendous, earth-shattering, eye-smarting blast of flatulence, and the coach
immediately filled with noxious fumes.
Uncomfortable, but maintaining control, the two dignitaries did their best to
ignore the whole incident, but then the Queen decided that was a ridiculous
manner with which to handle a most embarrassing situation. She turned to Mr.
Bush and explained, "
Mr. President, please accept my regrets. I'm sure you
understand that there are some things even a Queen cannot control."
George W., ever the Texas gentleman, replied, "
Your Majesty, please don't
give the matter another thought. You know, if you hadn't said something I would
have assumed it was one of the horses."
