Me and Reagan

Andrew Furgeson has a neat article in The Weekly Stantard called Me and Reagan (subscription required) that goes into all of the stories and guests on televison of people claiming to have known Ronald Reagan intimately -- even though there is plenty of evidence that Reagan was open with few people including members of his own family Furgeson has a great joke at the end of the article:


"The story is told of a dirt farmer in Columbus, New Mexico, who was seized in a raid by Pancho Villa's men. He was brought before Villa, who sat imperiously atop his mount in the village square, devouring his lunch.

The farmer begged for his life. Villa pointed to a nearby horsepie. 'You eat that,' Villa said with a sadistic grin, 'and I will spare your life.' Horribly, the farmer did as he was told. Villa kept his word, and the man returned to his farm.

Years later, the farmer's grandchildren came to him in excitement. 'Grandpa,' they said, 'is it true you once saw the great Villa?'

'Saw him?' the old man replied. 'I had lunch with him!'"