january 2013

January 2013

One sunny day in January, 2013 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 Obama."

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

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday,
Mr. Obama 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 Obama."

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. Obama. I've told
you already that Mr. Obama 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, Sir."