From the January 16, 2009 Chicago Tribune article, "10 Things You Might Not Know About Inaugurations:"The outgoing president often gets little attention, but rarely has it been as obvious as in 1857, when James Buchanan succeeded Franklin Pierce. The swearing-in ceremony had to be delayed for 20 minutes because officials forgot to pick up Pierce at his hotel and had to go fetch him.
"Weren't you suppose to pick up the new... um, president?"
ReplyDelete"Naw, I thought you were going to."
"Huh. Well, I guess I gotta."
"Yup, better go get him."
"Sure better."
etc.