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Aide: "Mr. President, there's an emergency in Ottawa."
Obama: "what....an odd what?"
aide: "Mr. President...it's the capital of Canada, sir."
Obama: "uh, yeah, that's the state north of the U.S. Isn't that the 57th state?"
aide: "uh, no sir, that's a separate country."
Obama: "Oh, yeah...I forgot...don't they speak Canadian there?"
aide: uh, they speak English and French sir."
Obama:"English and French? (puzzled look on face as he scrapes dirt off his golf shoes.) How can you speak English and French at the same time?"
aide:"Uh...they don't sir...but they have two official languages."
Obama:"Seems mighty strange to me. Two separate languages. So what's the problem?"
aide:"There's been shootings at their Parliament building sir. Some people may have been killed. They think the shooters might be Muslim fanatics."
Obama: "What....Muslim fanatics?....I've stopped that...there are no more fanatics. How can that be? I told the Muslims we were sorry for offending them. Why don't they like us now?"
aide:"I don't know sir. Seems strange to me too."
Obama: "Oh well, I guess I'll have to make some official statement. Right after I finish these last nine holes of golf."