to smell like is a brilliant promotional stunt making the point that this is the land of crocodile dundee so on. doesn't pay off in a nonfatal injury. i have to tell you the story, it's really made the rounds very qui quickly. forced me to call around asking about crocodile insurance just for fun. we e-mailed the white house secret service about this. so far, they're not playing along with the joke. haven't gotten back to me. joe johns, who's covered congress in the hill for years has to make a phone call on crocodile insurance. that's why we love you. >> they laugh at me. they don't know how to respond though. >> okay. we'll move on. question number two, regis philbin, i believe is his last day on the show. so the vice president made a surprise visit today. >> right, right. joe biden in new york. apparently dropped in to give regis philbin a big send off. regis is retiring, yes, on friday, after 28 years in the anchor chair. long time. vice president dropped in with some tennis balls, golf balls, nar some type of canvas bag that looked like it had a white house seal on it. you have t