BS: Colin and Dick

Subject: BS: Colin and Dick
From: Nerd
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 04:33 PM

Let me be clear: I am NOT making this up.

First of all, for our catters who may not be exposed to US news reports, I should point out that Colin Powell pronounces his first name unconventionally; it is pronounced as "colon."

So, according to Bob Woodward's book, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney are not on speaking terms. In refuting this assertion, Powell is quoted as having said:

"When the Vice President and I are alone, it's Colin and Dick."

Ooh, I didn't think they were THAT friendly!

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: michaelr
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 07:11 PM

I figured they didn't need really bush...

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: Peace
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 08:03 PM

This thread has NO place to go but down. Bush, Colin and Dick. Death, where is thy sting?

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 08:22 PM

Slightly more sophsticated, but in the same vein - from a story in the Guardian today about the political scene in the UK.

It explains how Tory leader Michael Howard's life history doesn't really add up to a good "arc" - "An arc in the vocabulary of political consultancy is a coherent over-arching 'story' about a politician's personal and politifal 'journey'. "

The term for this I've heard normally is "narrative" - and I suspect there's a reason the other word was chosen here by the journalist, Patrick Wintour. He points out how Michael Howard has to leave out a huge chunk of his life, from the 1960s to the 1990s, in constructing his "arc". And this gets him to the conclusion:

"This leaves, Labour strategists suggest, a big hole in his arc."

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: Chief Chaos
Date: 01 May 04 - 12:40 AM

And the 'Pubs are so homophobic! How could they have allowed this to go on in the whitehouse?
*BG*

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: LadyJean
Date: 01 May 04 - 12:52 AM

I have to say it, much as I regret it, with Colin and Dick you get a Santorum.
SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: Peace
Date: 01 May 04 - 03:57 PM

Well, he IS from Pennsylvania, and the state contains Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love.

LadyJean: Brilliant. LMOAROTF

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: GUEST
Date: 02 May 04 - 02:13 PM

Colin Powell's parents used the British pronunciation of his name, since they were from Jamaica. When they arrived in the States, the pronunciation got changed to accommodate the locals in New York ... not an uncommon practice in the States. Try Basil and Bernard for further variation.

Cheers,

Brian

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: annamill
Date: 02 May 04 - 03:43 PM

Oh. I thought you were going to tell me that Colin Powell and Dick Powell were related.

Oh well.

L,Annamill

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: Once Famous
Date: 02 May 04 - 10:20 PM

This thread is fucked.

Not really to far from fag humor, unfortunately.

Subject: RE: BS: Colin and Dick
From: annamill
Date: 03 May 04 - 12:09 AM

Ohhh Boooo. I thought it was more like Marx Brothers type of humor!