One sunny day in December 2007, an old man approached THE LODGE, which is the Prime Ministers Canberra residence, from across Harold Holt Drive, where he'd been sitting on a park bench enjoying the morning sun.
He spoke to the Federal Police Officer standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with Prime Minister Howard."
The Federal Police Officer replied, "Sir, Mr. Howard is no longer the Prime Minister and so doesn't reside here."
The old man said, "Okay," and walked away. The following day, the same man approached the THE LODGE and said to the same Federal Police Officer, "I would like to go in and meet with Prime Minister Howard."
The Federal Police Officer again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Howard is no longer the Prime Minister and so doesn't reside here." The man thanked him and again walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the THE LODGE and spoke to the very same Federal Police Officer, saying "I would like to go in and meet with Prime Minister Howard."
The Federal Police Officer, 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. Howard. As I've told you already that Mr. Howard is no longer the Prime Minister and so doesn't reside here.
Don't you understand?"
The old man answered, "Oh, I understand alright, I just love hearing it."
The Federal Police Officer snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow."
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