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| NASCAR: Johnson honoured by US president |
by Mathias Olaf Uncertain
20th Aug 2009 |
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Jimmie Johnson and a group of other NAFFCAR racers who nobody's heard of* were honoured on Wedenesday in the White House by US president Barack Obama.
Surrounded by the drivers, the American president gave a speech on the White House's South Lawn.
"It's a beautiful lawn," said the president.
"And, you know, it is not every day that we have a championship stock car parked on it," he went on.
"Fortunately, we got Jimmie to agree not to do any burnouts or tear up my backyard," he added with his trademark grin. "(Ba-dum tssch!)"
"I also suggested to Jimmie," chortled the president, "that, in exchange for free parking, he should let me take the #48 out for a few laps (ba-dum tssch!). He said that was fine - but the secret service didn't think it was fine.(ba-dum tssch!)"
"For Chrissakes, Mr President," ejaculated Johnson through clenched teeth, "leave the funnies to dotdotdotcomma."
* At least nobody worth speaking of.
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