two items and a question

I found these two items at 360 Magazine, an excellent source for disability news.

Item One: Mark Inglis, a 47-year-old New Zealand man, reached the summit of Mount Everest earlier this month. Inglis is missing both his legs below the knee; they were amputated after he suffered severe frostbite while trapped by storms climbing the highest peak in his native country.

Item Two: I will copy directly from the source.

What Would You Say to President Bush?

Before a speech in South Florida encouraging Medicare recipients to sign up for the new prescription drug benefit, President Bush added another entry to his list of verbal miscues.

According to the Associated Press, during the usual hit-and-run of handshakes and hugs, President Bush greeted a man in a wheelchair with, "You look mighty comfortable."

After the groans subsided here at 360, we began asking each other how the wheeler should have responded. Keep in mind, you have probably no more than a couple of seconds of his attention, so how do you react? What do you say to the most powerful man in the world after such a comment?

Send your ideas to editor@360mag.com. We will print a selection of comments in a future issue of the weekly news.

And the question: What would you say? Whether or not you want to email potential comebacks to 360, do please post them here.