Accompanying article at
The Daily Mail (UK)
Then Colbert asked if he would make a good soldier, but General Odierno said 'only if you get your haircut like these guys out here'.
As the troops cheered, Colbert stonewalled, telling the bald general: 'With all due respect sir, you're not the best advert.
'Frankly sir, its going to take more than a four-star-general to get me to cut my hair.'
At that moment, President Obama cut in via a satellite link, and told Colbert he had been eavesdropping.
'Are your spy satellites really that good?' Colbert asked.
'No, but my ears are really that big', the president replied.
'As Commander-in-chief, I hereby order you, general, to shave that man's head.'
Colbert's a good sport, but it's a good thing he's with the Army. If I'da shown up with a buzzcut like that, my Gunny woulda told me I looked like a goddam hippie and to go get a haircut. He'da told Obama the same thing.
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