A Blast from the Past....
President: “Secretary! Nice to see you. What’s happening?”
Secretary: “Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.”
President: “Great. Lay it on me.”
Secretary: “’Hu’ is the new leader of China.”
President: “That’s what I want to know.”
Secretary: “That’s what I’m telling you.”
President: “That’s what I’m asking you. Who is the new leader of China?”
Secretary: “Yes.”
President: “I mean the fellow’s name.”
Secretary: “Hu.”
President: “The guy in China.”
Secretary: “Hu.”
President: “The new leader of China.”
Secretary: “Hu.”
President: “The Chinaman!”
Secretary: “Hu is leading China.”
President: “Now whaddya’ asking me for?”
Secretary: “I’m telling you Hu is leading China.”
President: “Well, I’m asking you. Who is leading China?”
Secretary: “That’s the man’s name.”
President: “That’s who’s name?”
Secretary: “Yes.”
President: “Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?”
Secretary: “Yes, sir.”
President: “Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East.”
Secretary: “That’s correct.”
President: “Then who is in China?”
Secretary: “Yes, sir.”
President: “Yassir is in China?”
Secretary: “No, sir.”
President: “Then who is?”
Secretary: “Yes, sir.”
President: “Yassir?”
Secretary: “No, sir.”
President: “Look, Secretary. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.”
Secretary: “Kofi?”
President: “No, thanks.”
Secretary: “You want Kofi?”
President: “No.”
Secretary: “You don’t want Kofi.”
President: “No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.”
Secretary: “Yes, sir.”
President: “Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.”
Secretary: “Kofi?”
President: “Milk! Will you please make the call?”
Secretary: “And call who?”
President: “Who is the guy at the U.N?”
Secretary: “Hu is the guy in China.”
President: “Will you stay out of China?!”
Secretary: “Yes, sir.”
President: “And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.”
Secretary: “Kofi.”
President: “All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.”
Secretary (picks up the phone): “Rice, here.”
President: “Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?”