On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:28:05 -0800, Tom wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:00:13PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >> "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." >> >> - Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, Winner of British Plain >> English Campaign's 2003 "Foot in Mouth" award. > > Why doesn't this statement make sense? > > known known = square root of 4 > known unknown = how many fingers am I holding up? > unknown unknown = the color of gilligan's shirt, to Shaka Zulu... > > if you're gonna bitch don't be boring :-)
Hey, I didn't even offer an opinion, my sig was a statement of fact: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3254852.stm The award wasn't for a nonsensical statement, it was for not speaking plain english; you are the one assuming that it may be considered nonsensical :) Anyway, I've changed the sig now, it was a bit too long. -- ....................paul "I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
