Disclaimer: When I wrote this I was envisioning it as a Saturday Night Live skit.
[Flashback to three weeks ago]
The President is seated at his desk in the Oval Office. He shuffles through some papers. A hard knock on the private door used by the Chief of Staff causes the President to lift his eyes and call out, “Enter.”
The door opens and the Chief of Staff hurries in with the President’s science adviser in tow.
“I’m sorry to interrupt you, Mr. President, but this couldn’t wait.”
“What is it, Bob?”
“Dr. Singh has brought urgent news. A large asteroid is headed for Earth. We have three weeks before it strikes.”
“Good God,”
The harried looking physicist who had entered with the Chief of Staff glances at his watch and says, “22 days, 2 hours, and 14 minutes, Mr. President.”