As we prepare for Holiday travel…
“Pilots and co-pilots on many airlines are required to eat different meals to minimize the effects of food poisoning if it should occur…” Says it all.
[TotH to DoobyBrain]
As we unwrap the food that we carried on, we might recall that it was on this date in 1970 that The President met The King: Richard M. Nixon welcomed Elvis Presley into the Oval Office. Two days after meeting Vice President Spiro Agnew in Palm Springs, Presley flew to D.C., and headed unannounced to the White House (with two bodyguards), where he presented the Marine guard with a hand-written letter to Nixon offering his services in the War on Drugs. The leatherneck got permission to admit The King, but having recognized him, apparently didn’t search him: on meeting Nixon, Presley pulled out an antique Colt .45 which he presented to the President as a token of his commitment to the cause. Some weeks later, Nixon offered Presley an official position in the Administration’s anti-drug campaign.
Six and a half years later, Presley died of heart failure, attributed by the coroner’s report to “undetermined causes.” It’s widely believed, however, that his death was caused by a lethal mix of a variety of prescription drugs and obesity.
