On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 07:28:23PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > 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. > > [snip] > 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 :)
<grin> I beg to differ: quoting from the article: "The British Plain English Campaign annually hands out the prize for the most nonsensical remark made by a public figure."</grin> I agree I wish Rumsfeld spoke more plainly and simply, but in that particular case I grok him. > > "I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and > a woman." > > -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California That's hilarious :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
