I watched an old video of Will Rogers. He was going to meet Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge’s chief of staff told Rogers…” if you can make him laugh, I’ll give you $100 dollars”. Coolidge was known for being crumdgenly. His chief said, “ Mr Rogers, this is President Coolidge.” Rogers doesn’t skip a beat and says, “ I am sorry, I didn’t catch the name”. Coolidge lost it.
I think that’s the funniest thing ever.
Calvin Coolidge was told by a reporter that he had bet a colleague $20 that he could make Coolidge say more than three words.
Coolidge’s reply. “You lose.”
Coolidge and Will Rogers met again when the Coolidge Dam in Arizona was inaugurated. The dam was empty, as it is most of the time. It serves mostly as flood control.
Will Rogers commented
“If it were my dam, I would mow it!”