monkeyboy wrote:
<-- so envious of you! You got to hear Madeline Albright in person!
I'd love to see her as Madam President besides being Madam Secretary. What a fascinating woman to have invited to the convention!
No kidding. Too bad she doesn't qualify, as she wasn't born in the U.S.
Someone remind me again what the heck difference it makes where your mum calved?
She told us a great story about being photographed with a stuffed animal at some auspicious occasion. She was holding it saying "oh, the Dove of Peace. How lovely." but the host country's rep said no, it's a pigeon. And sure enough, it was. So of course, the poor woman is having a tough time keeping a straight face being photographed with a stuffed pigeon, and kept smiling.
"Madame!" says the photographer, who is getting really frustrated, "You cannot smile! This is a Very Serious Pigeon!"
Whereupon she proceeded to thoroughly fall apart laughing.
I'm gonna keep that Very Serious Pigeon in mind the next time someone around work starts taking him- or herself too seriously!
