You can call Franken ‘Senator-elect’ but don’t call him ‘Funnyman’
Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 10:52 am
He’ll answer to “Senator-elect,” but Al Franken won’t tell jokes on demand when addressed as “Funnyman” by a stranger. That’s the story from an eavesdropper who took notes in a Washington, D.C. bar.
Here’s the dialogue as reported in Politico:
STRANGER: Hey, funnyman, tell me a story.
FRANKEN: Are you talking to me?
STRANGER: Yes. Come over here and tell me a story.
FRANKEN: There’s a nice way and a wrong way to ask someone a question.
STRANGER: What’s the wrong way?
FRANKEN: The way you just asked me.
STRANGER: What’s the nice way?
Franken replied to come over and ask him politely, Politico reports.
2 Comments
Comment posted May 7, 2009 @ 8:34 pm
Senator-elect Franken seems to have handled a confrontation in just the right way. Let’s hope for his success on our behalf in the Senate.
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