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Quacking Ringtone Interrupts Obama Press Conference

by Caleb Johnson on June 30, 2009 at 11:59 AM


When's the most embarrassing moment possible for your cell phone to ring? During a church service? How about a college lecture? A funeral, maybe? Nope, nope, and nope. Try being the poor sap whose phone not only rang, but quacked, during a recent press conference by President Obama.

During a live broadcast of a speech about gay rights yesterday, a White House correspondent's cell phone quacked like a duck. After a look of disbelief (and who can blame him?), Obama asked, "Who's duck is back there?" The press corps laughed, but then the president delivered a real zinger when he said, "Where do you guys get these ringtones, by the way? I'm just curious." Ouch, burned by the President. [From: Wonkette]

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