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George W. Bush not only smiles and waves nicely,
always knows the right thing to say, too !
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Bush and the Queen at London Heathrow, a 300-foot long red
carpet is stretched out to Air Force One and Mr. Bush strides
to a warm but dignified handshake from Queen Elizabeth II.

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 white matching 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 blast
of gastronomic flatulence ever heard in the British Empire,
including Bermuda, Tortola and other 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."