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 Bush," his boss
quickly retorts.
"Yes," Bubba says, "I
know him, let's fly out to Washington." And off they go. At the
White House, Bush 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?"
Submitted by Kathy, Westminster,
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