Premier Mario Draghi told a
self-deprecating joke at the first foreign press club dinner in
Rome Tuesday night where he was the guest of honour.
After complimenting the foreign press on replicating the similar
White House dinner that has been a traditional venue for jokes
over the years, Draghi told his one:
"A man awaiting a heart transplant is asked if he wants the
heart of a 25-year-old in fine fettle or that of an 86 year old
central banker, and replies 'I choose the second'. Asked why, he
says 'because it's never been used!'".
The 74-year-old former head of the European Central Bank, who
famously said he'd do "whatever it takes" to save the euro, told
the correspondents present that he was "a grandfather at your
service".
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