Saddam, choking from laughing, is too proud to say no, so the appointment stands.
A week later Clinton receives Saddam in the Oval
Office, and as Saddam sits down, he sees three buttons in
the arm-rest of Clinton's chair. As the meeting
goes on, Saddam sees Clinton press the first button, and ducks,
but nothing happens. This doesn't stop Clinton
from laughing... really loudly. After this, Clinton continues where
he left off, until he presses another button.
Saddam jumps up and again nothing happens, this time Clinton falls
out of his chair laughing. Saddam doesn't get
it - what the hell is happening here? But he hasn't been harmed
yet, so he sits down again to talk further. After
a few minutes Clinton presses the final button. This time, Saddam
stays sitting, but Clinton isn't, he's rolling
on the floor, doubled up from laughing. Saddam is really annoyed by
now, so he stands up from his chair and shouts:
"I've had enough of this, I'm going back to Baghdad"
(Through tears of laughter from the floor);
"Baghdad?.....what Baghdad?"
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