Hello,
I was in the library the other day skim reading a book about the Bush family which contains quite the most tragic thing I think I've ever read. If it wasn't true it would be hilarious.
The teenage George was given a thesaurus back in his schooldays which he decided to consult whilst writing an essay. The subject of the essay was a family death and on reading it over George realised that he'd used the word 'tears' several times. Turning to his trusty thesaurus he changed a sentence from 'the tears were running down my face' to 'the lacerates were running down my face'.
The book doesn't tell us whether or not his parents requested a refund of his school fees, though if I'd been in their shoes I would have, before demanding a public enquiry. Then I would have shot someone. Under no circumstances would I have encouraged him to enter politics or indeed any career with any degree of responsibility.
Cheerio
7 comments:
Hee hee, yep, GWB could have a whole book dedicated to his hilarious use of the English language.
"It's time for the Earth to join the solar system".
You must have been bored.
Well, you know, as long as he preserves I am sure George will get there in the end.
Quote: "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve" (remarks during "Perseverance Month," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000).
(Note, as someone who trips over his mouth every other hour, I try not to give him too hard a time on this. Damn funny though...)
Remember those books of Bushisms that were everywhere for a while.
It's going to be odd when he goes and there's an English speaker in the White House.
It's no wonder he ended up with lacerates running down his face if he turned to his Thesaurus.
300 million years of hunting instinct to contend with there, probably went straight for his juggler vein.
I don't know why people insist on keeping them as pets; they're not nearly as "trusty" as they appear.
Yes, yes, but as a life-long dunce myself, I recall that Churchill was considered to be so dim he needed special schooling just to scrape through his Sandhurst entry exam. This has been a comfort to me through my life and now I simply await my country's call in its next moment of peril!
Ah yes David but Churchill was quite a wit which excuses his other shortcomings in my book.
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