Encountered this while reading a news article on how the Bush administration setbacks global climate issues (Agence France-Presse, 2008-12-14).

A man comes to the White House asking to see Bush. “He doesn’t live here anymore,” he is told. The next two days he comes again asking the same question, and receiving the same answer.

On the fourth day, the exasperated guard shot back: “I’ve already told you, he’s no longer here.”

“I know, I know,” the man replied. “But it’s such a pleasure to hear you say it.”

What a bag of laughs – and this coming from a France ambassador to a major news agency!