A Royal Gas (even the Queen has to be careful)

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Air Force One lands in England. It comes to a stop at one end of

a bright red carpet along which the President strides to join

Queen II in a beautiful, ornate 17th-century coach

hitched to six large matched white horses.

The coach proceeds through the streets of London en route to

Buckingham Palace. The Queen and the President all-the-while waving

to the cheering crowds.

Then suddenly the right rear horse produces a thunderous,

cataclysmic " release of gas " that reverberates through the air and

rattles the door latches on the coach. Uncomfortable, the reaction of

the two powerful passengers is to focus their attentions elsewhere and

behave as if nothing extraordinary had happened.

But the Queen is the first to realize that ignoring what had

just happened is ridiculous. She explains, " Mr. President, please

accept my regrets. I'm sure you understand that there are some things

which even a Queen cannot control. "

Bush replies, " Your Majesty, please don't give the matter another

thought. If you hadn't said something I would have thought it was one

of the horses. "

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Editor's question: Does Her Majesty's staff feed the horses Devrom?

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