One sunny day in December, 2013, an old man approached the Lodge from Parliament House where he'd been sitting on a park bench.
He spoke to the Guard standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with Prime Minister Gillard."
The Guard looked at the man and said, "Sir, Julia Gillard is no longer Prime Minister and no longer resides here."
The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.
The following day the same man approached the Lodge and said to the same Guard, "I would like to go in and meet with Prime Minister Gillard."
The Guard again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Julia Gillard is no longer Prime Minister and no longer resides here."
The man thanked him and again just walked away.
The third day the same man approached the Lodge and spoke to the very same Guard, saying, "I would like to go in and meet with Prime Minister Gillard."
The Guard, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Julia Gillard. I've told you already that Julia Gillard is no longer the Prime Minister and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"
The old man looked at the Guard and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."
The Guard snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."
