Great Shakers

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The President of the United States was lying in the center of the orange shag rug of the oval office, surrounded by Sunday funnies. Every weekend he had the secret service deliver the comics pages from the 182 major newspapers of the United States. It took him a long time to get through them, but he worked at it diligently every Sunday, usually finishing before noon. Today he was early, so he started a crossword puzzle.

Across the room, the Secretary of State was reading the magazine sections. “Hey, Chief, listen to this.” The President looked up. “Says here that if everybody in the US stood on a chair and jumped off at the same time, it would create an earthquake that would destroy everything on the other side of the world. Can you imagine that?”

“Hmmm,” said the President. “Do you know a four letter word for a woman, ending with ‘UNT’?”

“How about ‘Aunt’?”

“Aunt? Hey, that fits. Good.” The President took out his eraser. “So, that true? Could we get the Chinks like that?”

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