They ride in a silver 1934 Bentley
limousine to the edge of central
London where they board an open 17th
century coach hitched to
six magnificent matching white
horses. As they ride toward
Buckingham Palace, each looking sideways
and waving to the
thousands of cheering Britons lining the
streets, all is going well.
But suddenly the right rear horse
lets fly with the most horrendous,
earth-rending, eye-smarting fart ever
heard in the British Empire,
including Bermuda, Tortola and the Falkland
Islands.
It shakes the coach.
Uncomfortable, but under control,
the two dignitaries of state do their
best to ignore the whole incident, but
then the Queen decides that's
ridiculous.
She turns to Mr. Bush and
explains, "Mr. President, please accept
my regrets....I'm sure you understand
that there are some things that
even a Queen cannot
control."
George W. Bush, ever the
gentleman, 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."