I am on a campus somewhere. Red brick buildings. Green lawns. White walkways. Rolling terrain. I am walking. I run into a former Senator whom I know. We say hello and he suggests I follow him and another man. We get to a door, where a tall, somewhat stately, but elderly woman is standing. He introduces me. She used to be the British Prime Minister.

The former Senator and his friend enter the building, motioning to the two of us to wait outside. We do. The ex-PM tells me that they are deciding whether or not she can get a 7 million pound grant to go on a speaking tour around Britain. I ask her what she wants to speak about. She tells me she wants to speak about that awful female politician……but she can’t remember her name. I say “Corso”. She says yes, and that freedom of speech is very important.

I respond by saying that the Queen was a big supporter of free speech. “Look at how she let her children speak their mind”. She gave me a blank look and said “the Queen?” “Yes”, I said, “Elizabeth”. Oh, yes, she said “Elizabeth”.

I told her that “Of course, they couldn’t discuss politics”. She nodded, keeping her blank stare.

Whether she ever got her grant, I do not know. But I am not going to hear her speak.

Pretty random, I say.