A Peek into Solaris Sustaining engineer's life...

Wednesday May 25, 2005

Bubba!

Bubba was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone
there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know him.

"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 sceptical.  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 Clinton,"  his boss quickly retorts.
"Yes,"  Bubba says, "I know him, let's fly out to Washington."

And off they go. At the White House, Clinton 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!" says Bubba.

"My folks are from Poland, and I've known the Pope along time." 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?"