You have my condolences
The Bob-meister has a way with words. And foreign-service assignments.
One of our briefings we had today was on U.S. Policy and Interest in Central Africa. It was given by Ambassador Robert Gribbin. He was presenting a summary on each of the countries in central Africa. At the beginning of each presentation the presenter is given a class roster showing where each of the class members has been assigned. When the Ambassador got to Chad, the exchange went like this:
Ambassador Gribbin : “I understand one of you is going to Chad….”
Bob: I put up my hand and said “I’m going in August”
Ambassador Gribbin: “You have my condolences”.
Class laughter………
A few minutes later in the presentation…….
Ambassador Gribbin: “The best thing you can say about Chad is……It is a mess”
More class laughter.
