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Hiya Loonies...
Now an embarrassing event that Barbara Bush recorded in her memoirs...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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POLITICAL FAUX PAS
In her memoirs, Barbara Bush described one of those most embarrassing
moments that inevitably occur, even on the most carefully planned of
foreign trips. Along with her husband, then the Vice President, Mrs.
Bush was lunching with Emperor Hirohito at Tokyo's Imperial Palace.
Sitting next to the Emperor, Mrs. Bush found the conversation an uphill
task. To all her efforts at verbal engagement, the Emperor would smile
and say "Yes" or "No," with an occasional "Thank You" tossed in for good
measure.
Looking around her elegant surroundings, she complimented Hirohito on
his official residence.
"Thank you," he said.
"Is it new?" pressed Mrs. Bush.
"Yes."
"Was the old palace just so old that it was falling down?" asked the
intrepid visitor.
In his most charming, yet regal, manner Hirohito replied, "No, I'm
afraid that you bombed it."
Mrs. Bush turned to her other lunch partner.
Source: Bob Dole
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