I don't get it. can someone explain it to me?
WASHINGTON - The queen had the last laugh. Dispensing with protocol briefly at the formal dinner she hosted for President Bush, Queen Elizabeth said, "I wonder whether I should start this toast by saying, 'When I was here in 1776.' "
The joke was at the expense of the president — the same president whose wife said he had to be talked into putting on the most formal dinner a White House can host — a white-tie affair.
2007-05-09 05:47:16 · 14 answers · asked by Me 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The president was giving a speech the other day and said the queen had helped celebrate the bicentennial in 1776, he meant to say 1976.
2007-05-09 05:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
The president had started to say the queen was here in 1776 and caught himself and changed it to 1976. Typical Bush.
2007-05-09 12:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by p00756 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a joke because, as usual, Bush had spoofed the date. The Queen hadn't been there in 1776, so she was making of Bush.
2007-05-09 13:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by judy bo-booty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush started it by thanking the queen for attending Americas Bicentennial in 1776. She was building on this, her perogative.
Your president is a dunce.
2007-05-09 12:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
She is making fun of her age and his saying the bicentennial was in 1776, not the correct answer of 1976 (200 year anniversary).
2007-05-09 12:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by infobrokernate 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The President mispoke when he said something that went like this "When you (the Queen) were here in 1776" but he caught himself in the middle and quickly corrected himself.
2007-05-09 12:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because he said she'd been there for our bicentennial in 1776, instead of saying 1976.
2007-05-09 12:51:16 · answer #7 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Steve C says is correct, however he didn't mention that the President realized his faux pas mid-sentence and corrected himself. That was a good one by the Queen, considering that British humor is a little off-beat. Very cute!
2007-05-09 13:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by Truth B. Told ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bush made a slip a day or two before,
something like, "the last time the queen visited us we were celebrating our bicentennial back in 17... uh, I mean 1976..."
She was getting him back for the slip. : )
2007-05-09 12:56:19 · answer #9 · answered by <Sweet-Innocence> 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's because in a previous speech with her present he slipped up and said the last time you came here in 1776. so she made light of his goof.
2007-05-09 12:52:18 · answer #10 · answered by strike_eagle29 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋