To mark these visits by these respected guests, I offer here without comment a verbatim transcript of a conversation about Hu between two people I am only allowed to identify as "A" (for Altaf) and "B" (for Babulal).
A: Hu's coming tomorrow.
B: No idea. Who?
A: Right.
B: Who?
A: Right.
B: Wright, like Orville?
A: Like Hu.
B: Orville.
A: Why Orville?
B: You said Wright.
A: Hu.
B: Wright.
A: No, no, Hu's coming.
B: When?
A: Two years ago.
B: Thought you said tomorrow?
A: No, two years ago that was Wen.
B: When what?
A: Wen; he visited two years ago.
B: Who visited?
A: Hu's coming tomorrow!
B: I have no clue. Who visited when?
A: Really? When?
B: When what?
A: Hu visited Wen.
B: I asked you.
A: Really? And what did Yu say?
B: I said nothing! I asked you!
A: Yu?
B: No, you!
A: Yu? Y-U?
B: Why not me?
A: You?
B: Yes, me.
A: And Yu?
B: Who?
A: Hu's coming tomorrow!
B: OK, let's try this again ... when?
A: Two years ago.
B: Who came two years ago?
A: Wen, two years ago.
B: How do I know when?
A: You know Wen?
B: No! Please, who came two years ago?
A: Hu's coming tomorrow!
B: You?
A: I don't know, but what did Yu say?
B: When?
A: Two years ago!
B: Who knows?
A: Really? Good ... Hu's coming tomorrow.
B: Please, please, please don't start that again.
Debts to Abbott, Costello and Carson gratefully acknowledged.
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