Severa
Common sense ain't common
When a new President assumes office it is customary for the outgoing
President to leave a message in the top drawer of the Oval Office desk.
When Obama read the note left by Bush he was baffled because it was
very short and written in code:
370H-SSV-0773H
He thought about it for hours but couldn't come up with a meaning.
So he took the note to Michelle but she could make no sense of it
either.
They called in the VP, and he too was bamboozled. Then they called
in the Chief of Staff and the Head of Secret Service but both were
unable to decode the message.
Next Obama contacted the Senate Majority Leader and the House
Speaker. Both were mystified by the coded message.
Consternation now reigned in the Oval Office.
So they sent an urgent inquiry to their leg-tingling friends at CNN,
MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, the NYT, the Post, and Time. But
no-one was able to come up with an answer.
A special emergency meeting was called by the staff. All branches
of the military were called in, as well as the CIA and FBI, but the
best minds were unable crack the code.
After a sleepless night, a now humbled President Obama picked up the
phone and asked the former president the meaning of the note.
George Bush laughed and replied: “Simple, you're holding it upside down!"
President to leave a message in the top drawer of the Oval Office desk.
When Obama read the note left by Bush he was baffled because it was
very short and written in code:
370H-SSV-0773H
He thought about it for hours but couldn't come up with a meaning.
So he took the note to Michelle but she could make no sense of it
either.
They called in the VP, and he too was bamboozled. Then they called
in the Chief of Staff and the Head of Secret Service but both were
unable to decode the message.
Next Obama contacted the Senate Majority Leader and the House
Speaker. Both were mystified by the coded message.
Consternation now reigned in the Oval Office.
So they sent an urgent inquiry to their leg-tingling friends at CNN,
MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, the NYT, the Post, and Time. But
no-one was able to come up with an answer.
A special emergency meeting was called by the staff. All branches
of the military were called in, as well as the CIA and FBI, but the
best minds were unable crack the code.
After a sleepless night, a now humbled President Obama picked up the
phone and asked the former president the meaning of the note.
George Bush laughed and replied: “Simple, you're holding it upside down!"