Bubba was bragging to his boss one day,
"You know, I know everyone there is to
know. Just name someone, anyone, and I
know them."
Tired of his boasting, his boss called
his bluff, "OK, Bubba how about Tom
Cruise?"
"Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends,
and I can prove it." So Bubba and his
boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on
Tom Cruise's door, and sure enough, Tom
Cruise, shouts, "Bubba! Great to see
you! You and your friend come right in
and join me for lunch!"
Although impressed, Bubba's boss is
still skeptical. After they leave
Cruise's house, he tells Bubba that he
thinks Bubba's knowing Cruise was just
lucky.
"No, no, just name anyone else," Bubba
says.
"President Obama," his boss quickly
retorts.
"Yes," Bubba says, "I know him, let's
fly out to Washington."
And off they go. At the White House,
Obama spots Bubba on the tour and
motions him and his boss over, saying,
"Bubba, what a surprise, I was just on
my way to a meeting, but you and your
friend come on in and let's have a cup
of coffee first and catch up." Well, the
boss is very shaken by now, but still
not totally convinced.
After they leave the White house
grounds, he expresses his doubts to
Bubba, who again implores him to name
anyone else.
"The Pope," his boss replies. "Sure,
I've known the Pope a long time" says
Bubba.
So off they fly to Rome. Bubba and his
boss are assembled with the masses in
Vatican Square when Bubba says, "This
will never work. I can't catch the
Pope's eye among all these people. Tell
you what, I know all the guards so let
me just go upstairs and I'll come out on
the balcony with the Pope." and he
disappears into the crowd headed toward
the Vatican. Sure enough, half an hour
later Bubba emerges with the Pope on the
balcony. But by the time Bubba returns,
he finds that his boss has had a heart
attack and is surrounded by paramedics.
Working his way to his boss' side, Bubba
asks him, "What happened?" His boss
looks up and says, "I was doing fine
until you and the Pope came out on the
balcony and the man next to me said,
"Who's that on the balcony with Bubba?"
