Texas Yellow Fever
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One sunny Spring day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from
across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He
spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and
meet with President Hillary Clinton." The Marine replied, "Sir, Mrs.
Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here." The old man said,
"Okay," and walked away. The following day, the same man approached the
White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet
with President Hillary Clinton". The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as
I said yesterday, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside
here."
The man thanked him and again walked away . . . The third day, the same
man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying
"I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton." The
Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and
said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to
speak to Mrs. Clinton. I've told you already several times that Mrs.
Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here. What don't you
understand?"
The old man answered, "Oh, I understand you fine, I just love hearing
your answer!" The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "Yes
sir, see you tomorrow."
across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He
spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and
meet with President Hillary Clinton." The Marine replied, "Sir, Mrs.
Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here." The old man said,
"Okay," and walked away. The following day, the same man approached the
White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet
with President Hillary Clinton". The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as
I said yesterday, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside
here."
The man thanked him and again walked away . . . The third day, the same
man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying
"I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton." The
Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and
said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to
speak to Mrs. Clinton. I've told you already several times that Mrs.
Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here. What don't you
understand?"
The old man answered, "Oh, I understand you fine, I just love hearing
your answer!" The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "Yes
sir, see you tomorrow."
