>On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:46:33 +0000 (GMT) Jack Harrop
>wrote:
>
>Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this update of an old
>Abbott and Costello routine today after Hu Jintao was
>named chief of the Communist Party in China.
>
>HU'S ON FIRST
>By James Sherman
>
>(We take you now to the Oval Office.)
>
>George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?
>
>Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new
>leader of China.
>
>George: Great. Lay it on me.
>
>Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
>
>George: That's what I want to know.
>
>Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
>
>George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new
>leader of China?
>
>Condi: Yes.
>
>George: I mean the fellow's name.
>
>Condi: Hu.
>
>George: The guy in China.
>
>Condi: Hu.
>
>George: The new leader of China.
>
>Condi: Hu.
>
>George: The Chinaman!
>
>Condi: Hu is leading China.
>
>George: Now whaddya' asking me for?
>
>Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
>
>George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?
>
>Condi: That's the man's name.
>
>George: That's who's name?
>
>Condi: Yes.
>
>George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of
>the new leader of China?
>
>Condi: Yes, sir.
>
>George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I
>thought he was in the Middle East.
>
>Condi: That's correct.
>
>George: Then who is in China?
>
>Condi: Yes, sir.
>
>George: Yassir is in China?
>
>Condi: No, sir.
>
>George: Then who is?
>
>Condi: Yes, sir.
>
>George: Yassir?
>
>Condi: No, sir.
>
>George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the
>new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of
>the U.N. on the phone.
>
>Condi: Kofi?
>
>George: No, thanks.
>
>Condi: You want Kofi?
>
>George: No.
>
>Condi: You don't want Kofi.
>
>George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use
>a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.
>
>Condi: Yes, sir.
>
>George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
>
>Condi: Kofi?
>
>George: Milk! Will you please make the call?
>
>Condi: And call who?
>
>George: Who is the guy at the U.N?
>
>Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
>
>George: Will you stay out of China?!
>
>Condi: Yes, sir.
>
>George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me
>the guy at the U.N.
>
>Condi: Kofi.
>
>George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now
>get on the phone.
>
>(Condi picks up the phone.)
>
>Condi: Rice, here.
>
>George: 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 get Chinese food in the
>Middle East?
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Love it. That is so funny. :lol: :lol: :lol: