Moses

Recently, while going through an airport during one of his many trips,
> President Bush encountered a man with long gray hair and beard, wearing a
> white robe and sandals, holding a staff. President Bush went up to the man
> and said, 'Has anyone told you that you look like Moses?' The man didn't
> answer. He just kept staring straight ahead.
>
> The president said, 'Moses!' in a loud voice. The man just stared ahead,
> never acknowledging the president. The president pulled a Secret Service
> agent aside and, pointing to the robed man, asked him, 'Am I crazy or does
> that man not look like Moses to you?' The Secret Service agent looked at
> the man and agreed.
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> 'Well,' said the president, 'every time I say his name, he ignores me and
> stares straight ahead, refusing to speak ... watch!' Again the president
> yelled, 'Moses!' and again the man ignored him.
>
> The Secret Service agent went up to the man in the white robe and
> whispered, 'You look just like Moses. Are you Moses?'
>
> The man leaned over and whispered back, 'Shhhh! Yes, I am Moses. The last
> time I talked to a bush, I spent forty years wandering in the desert and
> ended up leading my people to the only spot in the entire Middle East with
> no oil.'