Having to apologize immediately afterward. Really? Is there nothing that can be laughed at anymore? It was 200 yrs ago. At what point in time do we get to laugh at it? *shakes head, looks longingly at lake through the open door* 0>;~]
I think Hussein sending the British Queen an ipod with his speeches on it, was the kicker. This has more taste, although it only impacts people who are passionate and are loyal to the White House.
What the hell. Gotta take a joke. I worked with someone who once spent July 4th on a BP rig off Brazil. He made it a point to inform some of the Brits on the rig that July 4th "was the day we got rid of you limeys."
Neither of the two incidents will stop me from reading Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Shakespeare...
I suppose being a diplomat isn't entirely consistent with going public with edgy humor--but for Pete's sake. People actually whined about this? That's just embarrassing.
They should invite Michelle O. Then they can have their cake and Eat it Too.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure they'd be allowed to eat the cake if she were there.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't there be some chocolate marbling on that cake?
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Having to apologize immediately afterward.
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Is there nothing that can be laughed at anymore? It was 200 yrs ago. At what point in time do we get to laugh at it?
*shakes head, looks longingly at lake through the open door*
0>;~]
I think Hussein sending the British Queen an ipod with his speeches on it, was the kicker. This has more taste, although it only impacts people who are passionate and are loyal to the White House.
ReplyDeleteGrim, as one famous Queen said, "let them eat cake" if the other stuff is gone.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell. Gotta take a joke. I worked with someone who once spent July 4th on a BP rig off Brazil. He made it a point to inform some of the Brits on the rig that July 4th "was the day we got rid of you limeys."
ReplyDeleteNeither of the two incidents will stop me from reading Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Shakespeare...
I know of Marie Antoinette, Ymar. But she was a better woman, though the quote may be spurious: still, she was honorable. A sacrifice.
ReplyDeleteWhen we've lost the ability to laugh at ourselves (the most sincere form of self-criticism), then we've lost a key piece of our humanity.
ReplyDeleteVery sad.
Sly, that's the White House we're talking about. Narcissism by definition precludes a fully 'human' response.
ReplyDeleteAntoinette was making a suggestion that people eat a different kind of flour, that cake is made out of. Cake was out too, hence the famine.
ReplyDeleteAs such, of course she is better than America's Mistress right now.
I suppose being a diplomat isn't entirely consistent with going public with edgy humor--but for Pete's sake. People actually whined about this? That's just embarrassing.
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