Paulson Jokes

This week, Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama met with Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke. I wasn’t at the meeting, but I’m pretty sure it went down like this…

Obama: Thank you Mr. Bernanke, for letting me speak with you today.

Bernanke: Actually, you’ve come at the right time- there is an urgent matter we need to discuss!

Obama: The housing crisis? Interest rates? Stagflation? What?

Bernanke: No. I don’t even recognize any of those terms. In fact, I’m pretty sure you made the last one up.

Obama: You mean “stagflation”?

Bernanke: Enough with your Zulu gibberish, heathen! Speak in the Queen’s English, Mustafa- you’re not in Kenya anymore!

Obama: What the hell are you talking about?

Bernanke: Silence!! The mighty Fed Chief is speaking. (Blows on loudly on conch shell) Now Mustafa, I have to talk with you, privately and preferably naked, on pressing matters... You see, for years I’ve more...