Monday, November 20, 2006
DIPLOMACY HAS ITS OWN LANGUAGE
Requiring Refined Ears
I know everyone already has had at this photograph from today's New York Times -- it's a genuine classic, after all -- but I can't help myself.
Let's listen in.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet: Do these jammies make my butt look fat?
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Uh, no, Shelley, no. No, not at all! Hey, is that an oatmeal stain down there? Or is it . . . oh, never mind.
Bachelet: Are you sure? And what's with the hat? Did they borrow this from Posh Spice? [Ed.: Scroll down for the photo of Victoria Beckham in the hat.] Why aren't you wearing one?
Harper: I have good hair. For a Canadian, eh?
That scintillating interchange was followed by this one:
U.S. President Frat Boy: Vladdy-boy, get a load of the fat ass on Michelle! . . . Wait, wait! Pull my finger!
Russian President Vladimir Putin: Finger stuff? Not so funny first time. No funny now. You know, "Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." Whatever! I hear too you have problem journalists. I say, shoot, kill. No question later.
And thus is international diplomacy accomplished.
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