God Save the Queen



President Bush is representing the United States of America on a highly
>regarded state visit to England.
>
>Air Force One stops at a bright red carpet along which the President
>strides to join Queen Elizabeth II in a beautiful, ornate 17th-century
>coach hitched to six enormous matched white horses.
>
>The coach proceeds through the streets of London enroute to Buckingham
>Palace, the Queen and the President waving to the cheering throngs.
Then,
>suddenly, the right rear horse produces a thunderous, cataclysmic
explosion
>of gas that reverberates through the air and rattles the doors of the
>coach.
>
>In the uncomfortable aftermath, the reaction of the two powerful
figures
is
>to focus their attentions elsewhere and behave as if nothing
extraordinary
>had happened.  But the Queen quickly realizes that ignoring what had
>justhappened is ridiculous. She explains, "Mr. President, please accept

my
>regrets. I'm sure you understand that there are some things that even a

>Queen cannot control."
>
>President Bush replies, "Your Majesty, please don't give the matter
another
>thought. You know, if you hadn't said something, I would have thought
it
>was one of the horses."


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