Now now! We do have people on this list from that part of the world. I hope none of them see these posts. For inventive language the present Chief executive of the US would take some beating.
D _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #66 > Hi, > > Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 2:47:32 AM, you wrote: > > >> "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an > >> accordion." > >> -- Jed Babbit (Former US Under-secretary of Defense) > > > This is a bit provocative, given the fact that we've all agreed not to talk > > politics. > > yes, but it's funny! One thing for which we flabby liberals have to > give credit to the rabid right is their imaginative language. I mean, > how could a wet liberal ever come up with 'cheese-eating surrender > monkeys'? > > Or this: > Q: how many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris? > A: don't know - none of them have ever tried. > > Jad Babbit sounds like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon. > > --- > > Bob >