One sunny day in 2009

My friend Glen sent this to me today:

One sunny day in 2009

One sunny day in 2009 an old man approached the White
House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he’d been
sitting on a park bench.

He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said,

“I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.”

The Marine looked at the man and said, “Sir, Mr.

Bush is no longer president and no longer resides 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 Bush.”

The Marine again told the man, “Sir, as I said

yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president  and no longer

resides here.”

The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House

and spoke to the very same U. S. Marine, saying “I

would like to go in and meet with President Bush.”

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 Mr. Bush.

I’ve told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the

president and no longer resides here.  Don’t you

understand?”

The old man looked at the Marine and said, “Oh, I

understand.  I just love hearing it.”

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said,

“See you tomorrow.”