> >> Patel was bragging to his boss one day, You know, I know everyone > >> there is to know.. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them. > >> Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, OK, Patel how about > >> Tom Cruise? Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove > >> it. So Patel and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom > >> Cruises door, and sure enough, Tom Cruise shouts, Patel! Great to see > >> you! > >> > >> You and your friend come right in and join me for lunch! Although > >> impressed, Patels boss is still skeptical. > >> > >> After they leave Cruises house, he tells Patel that he thinks Patels > >> knowing Cruise was just lucky. No, no, just name anyone else,’ Patel > >> says. > >> President Clinton, his boss quickly retorts. > >> > >> Yes, Patel says, I know him, lets fly out to Washington. And off > >> they go. At the White House, Clinton spots Patel on the tour and > >> motions > >> him and his boss over, saying, Patel , what a surprise, I was just on > >> my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and lets have > >> a cup of > >> coffee first and catch up. > >> > >> Well, the boss is much shaken by now, but still not totally convinced. > >> After they leave the White House grounds, he expresses his doubts to > >> Patel who again implores him to name anyone else. > >> > >> The Pope, his boss replies. Sure! says Patel. My folks are from > >> Poland, and Ive known the Pope a long time. > >> > >> So off they fly to Rome... Patel and his boss are assembled with the > >> masses in Vatican Square when Patel says ,This will never work. I > >> cant catch the Popes eye among all these people. Tell you what, I > >> know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and Ill come out on the > >> balcony with the Pope. And he disappears into the crowd headed toward > >> the Vatican. > >> > >> Sure enough, half an hour later Patel emerges with the Pope on the > >> balcony. But by the time Patel returns, he finds that his boss has had > >> a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics. > >> Working his way to his boss side, Patel asks him, What happened? > >> > >> His boss looks up and says, I was doing fine until you and the Pope > >> came out on the balcony and the man next to me said, whos that on the > >> balcony with Patel ?
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