# (Old) Waiting for an Update in the MMP

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**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-waiting-for-an-update-in-the-mmp/1002429 "2024-06-03T08:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-waiting-for-an-update-in-the-mmp/1002429/362 "2024-06-09T23:49:07Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I’m taking Tuesday off.

Correction: I’m taking Wednesday off.

> [@nelliebly](#):
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> **flyboy** , the catio looks fantastic… Your catio looks so inviting!

‘Inviting’ is a nice word. It gives us shade in Summer, and shelters us from rain in Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring. It _adequately_ protects us from snow in Winter. (Since it’s open on all sides, we can’t stop the snow from drifting in.) It’s a nice, comfortable space. 🙂

> [@nelliebly](#):
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> The his reminds me of when I was teaching social studies and started class with a lightning review of world Leaders.

Old joke:

> George W. Bush: “Condi! Nice to see you. What’s happening?”
> 
> National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice: “Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.”
> 
> Bush: “Great. Lay it on me.”
> 
> Rice: “Hu is the new leader of China.”
> 
> Bush: “That’s what I want to know.”
> 
> Rice: “That’s what I’m telling you.”
> 
> Bush: “That’s what I’m asking you. Who is the new leader of China?”
> 
> Rice: “Yes.”
> 
> Bush: “I mean the fellow’s name.”
> 
> Rice: “Hu.”
> 
> Bush: “The guy in China.”
> 
> Rice: “Hu.”
> 
> Bush: “The new leader of China.”
> 
> Rice: “Hu.”
> 
> Bush: “The Chinaman!”
> 
> Rice: “Hu is leading China.”
> 
> Bush: “Now whaddya asking me for?”
> 
> Rice: “I’m telling you Hu is leading China.”
> 
> Bush: “Well, I’m asking you. Who is leading China?”
> 
> Rice: “That’s the mans name.”
> 
> Bush: “That’s who’s name?”
> 
> Rice: “Yes.”
> 
> Bush: “Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?”
> 
> Rice: “Yes, sir.”
> 
> Bush: “Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East.”
> 
> Rice: “That’s correct.”
> 
> Bush: “Then who is in China?”
> 
> Rice: “Yes, sir.”
> 
> Bush: “Yassir is in China?”
> 
> Rice: “No, sir.”
> 
> Bush: “Then who is?”
> 
> Rice: “Yes, sir.”
> 
> Bush: “Yassir?”
> 
> Rice: “No, sir.”
> 
> Bush: “Look, Rice. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.”
> 
> Rice: “Kofi?”
> 
> Bush: “No, thanks.”
> 
> Rice: “You want Kofi?”
> 
> Bush: “No.”
> 
> Rice: “You don’t want Kofi.”
> 
> Bush: “No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.”
> 
> Rice: “Yes, sir.”
> 
> Bush: “Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.”
> 
> Rice: “Kofi?”
> 
> Bush: “Milk! Will you please make the call?”
> 
> Rice: “And call who?”
> 
> Bush: “Who is the guy at the U.N?”
> 
> Rice: “Hu is the guy in China.”
> 
> Bush: “Will you stay out of China?”
> 
> Rice: “Yes, sir.”
> 
> Bush: “And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.”
> 
> Rice: “Kofi.”
> 
> Bush: “All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.”
> 
> Rice (picks up the phone): “Rice, here.”
> 
> Bush: “Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you send Chinese food in the Middle East?”

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