The last part WAS worth the wait, if only...........
“No, I-” he started to say, then stopped. “Well, yes, of course I still wonder where he is,” the President corrected himself, “but that’s not what I was thinking of just now. Jews don’t eat pork, at least Orthodox Jews don’t, but do they raise it?”
“What on earth are you talking about?”
“It was something Irwin Mann said this morning. I had a lot on my mind and it didn’t register. Now it doesn’t make any sense. I’m sure I heard him correctly, though; his accent’s not that heavy. It was when I asked him if he really did have business to attend to in Missouri.”
“What did he say?” “He said yes. He said he had to go feed his hogs.”