When there is a small assembly around a table and a
microphone in front of each seat, there is always someone among the big boys that
plays the crazy guy, either by rattling on about this and that, in a way that
nobody follows or cares about, or then by saying some odd thing that leaves
everybody else open-mouthed.
Recently, in a high level meeting between different chiefs
of armed forces, one of them, who had remained silent throughout the morning –
it is true his country is not really in a position to have a position – , asked
for the floor, grasped the microphone, smiled and made a very important statement: I am
hungry!
Many in the speechless audience reacted the same way: they
checked the time. It was ten to one! The general could be a peculiar fellow,
indeed. But he knew the value of a good lunch!
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