It got them into the exhibit didn't it?!

There doesn't need to be any logic.  They wanted to see the exhibit and
didn't get in, but were so close.  By getting a wheel chair, the guards let
them in to see the exhibit.  What coming from Africa has to do with needing
a wheel chair?  Nothing.  But no one picked up on that at the time
apparently and they got in to see the exhibit.


>
>My mom didnt' want to lie to the guy so she just said we came from Africa
>and needed a wheelchair allowing the guard to make a mental leap if he
>wanted to.  Who can explain the workings of a mother's mind?
> >>From curiousity why does just coming from Africa make sense when asking
>for
> >a wheelchair?  I'm not sure that i follow the logic of the story.
> >
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Shirley Kathryn Woods <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:15 AM
> >Subject: Re: Unforgettable exhibit
> >
> >
> >> The Mask of King Tutanhkamun during the 1974 tour in the US of King
>Tut's
> >> treasures.  My parents and I were back in the States for only a few
>weeks
> >> (living in Africa at the time). The line around the National Gallery
> >> wrapped the building 5 times.  My mom stood in line for tickets and
>missed
> >> them by two people.  So she asked the guard at the door if she could
>get a
> >> wheelchair for her daughter as we had just come from Africa.  She came
>and
> >> got me out of ring 4 and said "Look pale, we're going in."  (I was so
> >> scared the guards were going to know I wasn't really sick that it was
>easy
> >> for me to look pale the whole time!) I got to see the whole exhibit
>from
> >> the comfort of a wheelchair but had to stand when we saw the Mask--I'd
> >seen
> >> a hundred pictures of it before, but nothing prepared me for the beauty
> >and
> >> wonder of seeing it in person.
> >> Incidentally, my mom made me push her around the rest of the National
> >> Gallery that day.
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