President of Lithuania
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As you may have noticed (if you’re my travel agent) I spent last month in Lithuania. Lithuania is a popular vacation destination for those of us who are stalking Alexander Lukashenko but have been banned from Belarus for one reason or another. While there, I managed to land an imaginary interview with Lithuanian president and boyfriend-stealing hussy Dalia Grybauskaite. The transcript follows.
Kate: Dalia Grybauskaite, I have only one question for you today. Are you or are you not romantically involved with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko?
Dalia: Wait, what? I thought this was going to be an interview about my black belt in karate.
Kate: Yes, I did invite you here under the premise of questioning you about your unfeminine and unbecoming karate skills, but that was just a clever trick.
Dalia: What do you mean “invite me here”? I was walking to my mailbox and you jumped out from behind a bush!
Kate: I am growing impatient with your unsophisticated attempts to change the subject. I ask you again: ARE YOU DATING ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO?
Dalia: No. That is preposterous.
Kate: Oh really? Preposterous? Then how do you explain—dramatic pause—THIS PHOTO?
Dalia: Why did you say “dramatic pause”?
Kate: Awkward silence.
Dalia: Well, that is just a photo of Alexander Lukashenko and me in a meeting at the Belarusian-Lithuanian economic forum last month.
Kate: I know. I took this photo. I was hiding behind another bush.
Dalia: Ah yes, I remember wondering what that bush was doing inside the ministry of trade. You kept poking Alexander’s shoe with a branch.
Kate: Yes, that’s right. Now, you claim that this was a “meeting” with President Lukashenko. But answer me this: What kind of “meeting” lasts for over one hour? As I have repeatedly explained to my boss, any meeting that lasts longer than five minutes is a date.
Dalia: Really? Well maybe you’re right! Maybe I am dating Alexander Lukashenko. He did ask me to come and visit him in Belarus. Do you think he likes me?
Kate: What? No!
Dalia: He is rather handsome, in a mustachey way. Maybe I’ll give him a call!
Kate: No!
Dalia: Yes! I think I’ll ask him to the Lithuanian prom.
Kate: This imaginary interview isn’t going well for me at all.
Dalia: No.
Kate: President Grybauskaite, I am only going to issue this warning once: Alexander Lukashenko is my soul mate. And you should not interfere, because I can take you down.
Dalia: I am not concerned. I can break a concrete block with my hand.
Kate: Oh, please. Anyone can break a concrete block with their hand! If their hand is holding a sledgehammer.
Dalia: Wait, are you the one who sledgehammered my mailbox?
Kate: Yes.