Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Chatting and General Stuff
Humor
The old man and the marine
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Franklin" data-source="post: 398228" data-attributes="member: 10730"><p><strong><u><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">January 2013</span></span></u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">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."</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer president and no longer resides here."</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The old man said, "Okay", and walked away</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">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."</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no longer president and no longer resides here."</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">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."</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">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?"</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Franklin, post: 398228, member: 10730"] [B][U][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif]January 2013[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]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."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer president and no longer resides here."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The old man said, "Okay", and walked away[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]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."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no longer president and no longer resides here."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]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."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]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?"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Chatting and General Stuff
Humor
The old man and the marine
Top