Looking for Bertie….
Shortly after Enda Kenny took office, an old man approached Leinster House from the park in Merrion Square where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Garda standing guard and said, “I would like to go in and meet with Mr Ahern.”
The Garda looked at the man and said, “Sir, Mr Ahern is no longer Taoiseach and no longer works here.” The old man said, “Okay,” and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached Leinster House and said to the same Garda, “I would like to go in and meet with Mr Ahern.” The Garda again told the man, “Sir, Mr Ahern is no longer Taoiseach and no longer here.” The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached Leinster House and spoke to the very same Garda, saying, “I would like to go in and meet with Mr Ahern.”
The Garda, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, “Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr Ahern; I’ve told you already that Mr Ahern is no longer the Taoiseach and no longer works here. Don’t you understand?”
The old man looked at the Garda and said, “Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it!!!”