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Oval Office
"I don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House."
–On Gary's Hart's campaign for president
by Comedian Bob Hope
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When the first U.S. Congress set the president's pay at $25,000 per year they established the vice president's salary of $5,000.
One day, the president of the United States was sitting in the Oval Office reading a newspaper to catch on that day's current events. All of a sudden, one of his secret service men burst through the door with a long bull whip in his hand. The president looks at him and thinks, "Ok!", but tries to ignore him, thinking it's some kind of gag.
The secret service man then begans to take that bull whip and begins "cracking" it, and walking around the president's desk. The president looks up and asks him what he's doing, but the secret service agent ignores him and goes, "Uh, hum" but keeps cracking the whip as he walks around the presidents desk.
The president gets enough and yells at the secret service agent, "BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, I DEMAND YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING!"
The secret service agent sheepishly looks up at him and says, "Sir, I'm just beating around the Bush!"
