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Bubba was bragging to his boss one day,
"You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone,
anyone, and I know them."
Tired of his boasting, his boss called
his bluff, "OK, Bubba how about Tom Cruise?"
"Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends,
and I can prove it." So Bubba and his boss fly out to Hollywood and
knock on Tom Cruise's door, and sure enough, Tom Cruise, shouts,
"Bubba! Great to see you! You and your friend come right in and
join me for lunch!"
Although impressed, Bubba's boss is still
skeptical. After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Bubba that he
thinks Bubba's knowing Cruise was just lucky.
"No, no, just name anyone
else," Bubba says.
"President Clinton," his boss
quickly retorts.
"Yes," Bubba says, "I know
him, let's fly out to Washington."
And off they go. At the White House,
Clinton spots Bubba on the tour and motions him and his boss over,
saying, "Bubba, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting,
but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee first
and catch up." Well, the boss is very shaken by now, but still not
totally convinced.
After they leave the White house grounds,
he expresses his doubts to Bubba, who again implores him to name anyone
else.
"The Pope," his boss replies.
"Sure!" says Bubba.
"My folks are from Poland, and I've
known the Pope a long time."
So off they fly to Rome. Bubba and his
boss are assembled with the masses in Vatican Square when Bubba says,
"This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these
people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs
and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope." and he disappears
into the crowd headed toward the Vatican. Sure enough, half an hour
later Bubba emerges with the Pope on the balcony. But by the time Bubba
returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded
by paramedics.
Working his way to his boss' side, Bubba
asks him, "What happened?" His boss looks up and says, "I
was doing fine until you and the Pope came out on the balcony and the
man next to me said, "Who's that on the balcony with Bubba?" |
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