Title: Fwd: FW: George W. and the Queen
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Titel: Fwd: FW: George W. and the Queen | 7/12/01
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On 7/12/01, 5:59:49 AM, shieldsj <shieldsj@charter.net> wrote regarding FW: George W. and the Queen:

> This is a good one!

> President Bush is representing the United States of America on a highly
> formal, orchestrated state visit to England. Air Force One stops at a
> bright red carpet along which the president strides to join Queen Elizabeth II
> in a beautiful, ornate 17th-century coach hitched to 6 enormous matched white
> horses.

> The coach proceeds through the streets of London en route to Buckingham
> Palace, the Queen and the President waving to the cheering throngs. Then
> suddenly the right rear horse produces a thunderous, cataclysmic fart
> that reverberates through the air and rattles the doors of the coach.
> Uncomfortable, the reaction of the two powerful figures is to focus
> their attentions elsewhere and behave as if nothing extraordinary had
> happened.

> But the Queen is the first to realize that ignoring what had just
> happened is ridiculous. She explains, "Mr. President, please accept my regrets
> I'm sure you understand that there are some things that even a Queen cannot
> control."

> President Bush replies, "Your Majesty, please don't give the matter
> another thought. You know though, if you hadn't said something I would have
> thought it was one of the horses."

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