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.
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President Bush went up to the man and said, “Has anyone told you that
you look like Moses?”
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The man didn’t answer. He just kept staring straight ahead.
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The president said, “Moses!” in a loud voice. The man just stared ahead,
never acknowledging the president.
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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?”
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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!”
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Again the president shouted, “Moses!” and again the man ignored him.
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The Secret Service agent went up to the man in the white robe and
whispered, “You look just like Moses. Are you Moses?”
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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.”