I almost made it. In a few minutes some friends will come along for a glass of Champagne and then we are approaching the final hours of this year. A year which has been good and eventful. And if you have read through all this, you deserve a drink yourself!
I wish you all a happy new year and hope to see some of you in 2009. All the best und herzlichst
Euer
Jochen
And for the end, a wonderful joke (in my humble opinion) which looks to the future
One sunny day in 2009, an old man approached the White House from across
Pennsylvania Ave, where he'd been sitting on a park bench.
He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in
and meet with President Bush."
The Marine looked at the man and said "I'm sorry Sir, but Mr. Bush is no
longer president and no longer resides here."
The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the
same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with
President Bush."
The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no
longer president and no longer resides here."
The man thanked him and, again just walked away
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the
very same US Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President
Bush."
The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and
said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to
speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the
president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"
The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love
hearing it. "
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."
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