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RimRat	Post subject: In a parallel universe... Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:39 pm
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 131 Location: South of Detroit	United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has won Plain English Campaign's annual 'Foot in Mouth' award for the most baffling statement by a public figure. And eight organisations have won 'Golden Bull' booby prizes for gobbledygook. Mr. Rumsfeld said in a press briefing, 'Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.' Campaign spokesman John Lister said, 'We think we know what he means. But we don't know if we really know...'<p>From www.plainenglish.com
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: In a parallel universe... Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:46 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	For some real plain speaking from our newly elected federal leader of the opposition, a man who described our prime minister as being an a---licker to Mr Bush see these colourful quotes. Some days you just have to love being a headline writer.<p>[ December 02, 2003: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]<p>[ December 02, 2003: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]</p>
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RimRat	Post subject: Re: In a parallel universe... Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:51 pm
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 131 Location: South of Detroit	Yikes. Shooting from the lip, or what?
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: In a parallel universe... Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:59 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	Every true blue patriotic Australian loves to be a larrikin ... l<p>arrikin noun Colloquial 1. a lout; a hoodlum: *There were gangs of larrikins afoot, up fromThe Rock with their hands boasting against their braces. - PETER CAREY, 1988 2. a mischievous young person: *their kids are generally littledevils, and turn out larrikins as likely as not. - HENRY LAWSON, 1901 [? Brit. (Warwickshire and Worcestershire) d. larrikin mischievous youth]-larrikinism n. -larrikinish adj. .....<p>Praise the slot man in the sky that I am a Kiwi.
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RimRat	Post subject: Re: In a parallel universe... Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 6:18 pm
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 131 Location: South of Detroit	Oh, I knew larrikin (I'm a fan of Thomas Keneally) ... it was Latham I was talking about. He made the Daily Telegraph in London today, and will feature on one of my pages tomorrow, for the general edification of our readership.<p>[ December 02, 2003: Message edited by: RimRat ]</p>
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: In a parallel universe... Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:55 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	You'll need to add this crucial local angle from our office here in St George: <p>Labor leader Mark Latham and Prime Minister John Howard.are both St George Illawarra rugby league supporters.<p>Ps see Keneally's New Season Ode<p>[ December 02, 2003: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]</p>
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RimRat	Post subject: Re: In a parallel universe... Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:44 pm
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 131 Location: South of Detroit	Why doesn't it surprise me that both gentlemen would be interested in a collision sport played without protective headgear?<p>Poem was all right, though. I can't make up my mind whether I prefer Keneally's fiction or non-fiction.
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