George W. Bush, président des USA & Condoleezza Rice, conseillère à la sécurité nationale:
G.B: Condi ! Nice to see you. What's happening ?
R: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
G.B: Great. Lay it on me.
R: Hu is the new leader of China.
G.B: That's what I want to know.
R: That's what I'm telling you.
G.B: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China ?
R: Yes.
G.B: I mean the fellow's name.
R: Hu.
G.B: The guy in China.
R: Hu.
G.B: The new leader of China.
R: Hu.
G.B: The Chinaman !
R: Hu is leading China.
G.B: Now whaddya' asking me for ?
R: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
G.B: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China ?
R: That's the man's name.
G.B: That's whose name ?
R: Yes.
G.B: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China ?
R: Yes, sir.
G.B: Yassir ? Yassir Arafat is in China ? I thought he was in the Middle East.
R: That's correct.
G.B: Then who is in China ?
R: Yes, sir.
G.B: Yassir is in China ?
R: No, sir.
G.B: Then who is ?
R: Yes, sir.
G.B: Yassir ?
R: No, sir.
G.B: 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.
R: Kofi ?
G.B: No, thanks.
R: You want Kofi ?
G.B: No.
R: You don't want Kofi.
G.B: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.
R: Yes, sir.
G.B: Not Yassir ! The guy at the U.N.
R: Kofi ?
G.B: Milk ! Will you please make the call ?
R: And call who ?
G.B: Who is the guy at the U.N ?
R: Hu is the guy in China.
G.B: Will you stay out of China ?!
R: Yes, sir.
G.B: And stay out of the Middle East ! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
R: Kofi.
G.B: All right ! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.
(Condi picks up the phone)
R: Rice, here.
G.B: 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 ?
[By James Sherman] via Traces de moi