I know I lower the bar as far as low happiness expectations...

but this is stellar. thx avi!
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''I don't know why you're talking about Sweden,'' Bush said. ''They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.''

Lantos paused, a little shocked, and offered a gentlemanly reply: ''Mr. President, you may have thought that I said Switzerland. They're the ones that are historically neutral, without an army.'' Then Lantos mentioned, in a gracious aside, that the Swiss do have a tough national guard to protect the country in the event of invasion.

Bush held to his view. ''No, no, it's Sweden that has no army.''

The room went silent, until someone changed the subject.
 
ummm that dog was awful and the owner was telling a story about how it savaged him, and ALSO i was holding/petting a WONDERFUL KITTY at the time and thus otherwise occupied.