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Can The Basement Mummy Avert WW3 With A Phone Call?
I'm thinking……no. 😑
Washington DC, the White House. Saturday, February 12th 2022, 9:00am eastern time.
Joe Biden calls the Kremlin!
Biden: Hello? Hello? I'd like to speak to Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin Operator: And you are who?
Biden: I'm Joe Biden. I'm the vice presi...ummm, uh-uh...senator...no, that's not it. PRESIDENT. Yeah. President of America.
Kremlin Operator: You will please hold.
<long pause, 'Girl From Ipanema' playing softly on the phone>
Kremlin Operator: He cannot come to phone now. He is busy ordering invasion of Ukraine to begin. He says you will try back later, yes?
Biden: Wait, what? Heh...You're a wiseguy, huh. Tell that bald-head, oil-pumpin' soldier deployer that Presi...
Kremlin Operator: Do svidaniya, Joe Biden. <click>
Biden (staring at phone): C'mon, man...
Girl From Ipanema line makes me giggle. Sorry, not sorry. 😄
I'd say odds are against it. You know that Joe is already miffed that he didn't get to home to Delaware this weekend and play with the dogs so Lord know what he might say.