’cause i’m twelve
Caption: “U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s vision of freedom from want, persecution and war.”
He’s gotta pee. I point and laugh because people having to pee makes me giggle.
I bet when he’s in the bathroom with someone, he says “Watch how much distance I can get!”
In my entire life, in classes or meetings, I don’t think I’ve ever written such a note. I don’t know anyone who has.
Moreover, he’s the president of the U.S. and he’s asking Condi to go the bathroom?
I want to not think it’s strange. You know, people go the bathroom everyday. But every time I think about the thought process and the relationship between the two of them that would lead him to writing that, I think, “wtf?”
I can sort of see it though. You are POTUS and sitting through a very important meeting where your presence is clearly noted by all. To get up and abruptly leave would be weird, and depending on what was going on, could be mistakenly interpreted as a sign of disrespect, causing a big international relations faux pas — you know, ’cause we have such a stellar reputation right now. :p
On the other hand, I’m sure people run to the bathroom all the time. I mean, it happens. So I wonder what the big deal was. Whiffs of junior high though, maybe grade school.
But he’s the ultimate decision maker, or so we’re supposed to believe.
I mean, I can decide on my own when is an appropriate time to use the facilities when I’m in a meeting.
But here we have the President of the United States. He’s supposed to be THE decision maker par excellence.
He, of all people, should be able to figure this out on his own.
Instead, he asks Condi for advice on simply when it would be a good time to go the bathroom.
That’s amazing to me.
Yeah, seriously. I was really trying to be generous with my assessment, but it’s pretty ridiculous.
I think the funniest thing about the note is the way he wrote it:
“I think I may need a bathroom break?”
Question mark?? That’s not a question. Ass clown.
I would think if you’re the (supposed) most Powerful Man in the Room, you could wait until there was an appropriate pause in the conversation and say, “Ladies and Gentleman, I think we could use a 10 minute break.” I mean, COME ON! Did Condi give him a plunger with a key attached to it like my junior high teachers did?
Dude… If he had to pee *that* badly, he should have just put his hand to his earpiece (or pretend he had one if he didn’t), make a really serious face, look around like nobody else knows the horrible sh*t that just went down, and walk out of there like a man with a purpose.
And when he got back, just look all brooding like the world is in imminent danger, but, sure, he’ll sit in on the rest of this meeting just to *humor* everyone.
That would be pretty funny.
This would explain the vacant look on his face all the time.