After Criticism for Riding in Golf Cart, Trump Orders Gilded Sedan Chair

[MineralMan]

During the recent G7 Summit Meeting in Sicily, US President Donald Trump received criticism for riding in an electric golf cart for 700 yards, while other participants walked. Recognizing that criticism, Trump has ordered a custom, gilded sedan chair from a prominent British coachworks company. It is designed to be carried by six Secret Service agents, due to the Presidents imposing avoirdupois. It will be loaded on Air Force One whenever he travels internationally. A spokesperson for the White House said, "A golf cart is not prestigious enough to reflect the enormous egotism and self-importance of President Trump. This sedan chair will better reflect the superior position of our Dear Leader."

Delivery of the new transportation vehicle is scheduled for later this Summer, it is reported.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Enormous what?

[MineralMan]

2. It's French.

It has a colloquial meaning in English. You can look it up, I'm sure.

[underpants]

3. I had to

Thanks. I've learned something here today

[MineralMan]

4. Well, avoirdupois is not used that way a lot,

and it's a bit old-fashioned, but it popped into my head as I was typing, since Trump certainly has plenty of it. I pity the Secret Service detail that has to carry him around in that sedan chair, for sure.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Secret Service could use the English weight measurement system.

It doesn't sound so bad when you say "He's not heavy, he's a mere 25 stone"

[MineralMan]

6. He ain't heavy; He's a bother.

Or something like that.