In this thread we are discussing the veracity of the pic posted purporting to be a note from GWB requesting a bathroom break.
So- if you were President, how would YOU word it?
I’ll go first:
“I gotta go shake hands with the Admiral.”
I am sure you can do better…
‘Gotta go put out a fire’.
In Bush’s case though, I’m surprised there wasn’t some supe-secret pre-agreed upon super-secret high sign he could use to signal his handers with.
Just be like Forrest Gump and say “I gotta pee!”
I’d just get up and leave. Why announce anything?
It’s the middle of a speech at the UN. Some people might take it wrong if the President just up and leaves. And it appears that the note is to Bush, from somebody requesting a break, possibly the Secretary of State. Somebody else it might look odd if they just up and left.
Me, I’d hop right up on the counter and drop trou.
Excuse me, as this appears to be a matter that will take a fair amount of discussion/consideration, i need to pause for a few moments to make sure that I can give it the attention it deserves.
Stand up, wak out. Whizz in the WC and walk back in, and thank everybody for their patience.
Has worked like a charm in every meeting I have ever had to suffer through.
Or he could get fitted for one of those urine pouch thingys the incontinent men wear=)
I’d probably let loose with an SBD, and breathe through my mouth until the Secret Service got a whiff and hustled me off thinking it was some sort of chemical attack.
I remember this comment on the Queen from a book I once read about the monarchy (vaguely paraphrased):
Excuse me. I have to go make a deposit in the Federal Reserve.
From the other thread, here’s what my note would read:
“Damn but I’ve got the runs something serious. If I don’t get outta here in about two minutes I’m gonna have a ‘terrorist attack’!!”
I’m going to go exercise my porcelain-item veto.
According to a presidential historian whose name I can’t recall right now, Lyndon Johnson used to love to fart and make the Secret Service stand right in the cloud.
Excuse me while I answer a call from Colon Power.
My favorite is still this one of lieu’s from the other thread:
If I were President, I wouldn’t interrupt important meetings to leave the room when I needed to take a pee. I would request that someone bring me a pot to piss in. They could play “Pail to the Chief” while I relieved myself.
In the film business, you say “10-100”. Or you make a motion with your hands like you’re wringing out a washcloth.
In fact, I’m surprised the executive branch doesn’t already have a code word/gesture.
If I were one of the most powerful people in the world, I’d just take a dump right on the table in front of me and let the rest of the room deal with it. F*#@ it, I have nukes.
Excuse me, I’ve got to make a penile appointment.
“Excuse me, but I need to take a minute to express my respect for the voting public.”
“I REALLY FUCKING NEED TO TAKE A HUGE FUCKING SHIT RIGHT FUCKING NOW!”.
Wouldn’t have to worry about the news wire printing that.
But, yeah, you’d think they’d have a code or something. “The prairie dog is entering the garden” or something. Then the news wire wouldn’t know if he was going to take a shit or nuke Iran.