Re: Rumsfeld: Foot-In-Mouth award winner

Ernst Blofeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> midtowng wrote:
> > Ernst Blofeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > 
> >>midtowng wrote:
> >>
> >>>http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/01/rumsfeld.english.reut/index.html
> >>>
> >>>"Reports that say something hasn't happened are always interesting to
> >>>me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we
> >>>know we know," Rumsfeld told a news briefing.
> >>>    "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."
> >>>
> >>>John Lister, spokesman for the campaign, which strives to have public
> >>>information delivered in clear, straightforward English, said: "We
> >>>think we know what he means. But we don't know if we really know."
> >>>[...]
> >>>
> >>>  Very Danesque I must say.
> >>
> >>This is actually quite brilliant. It's rigorously logical and
> >>expressed in a memorable style. If Lister is complaining about
> >>this he'll probably be bitching about Tintern Abbey or
> >>Sense & Sensibility next, or maybe complaining that
> >>"to be or not to be" is, like, confusing, man.
> > 
> > 
> >  Are you joking?
> 
> No.
> 
> It's a nice piece of prose style that captures the essense
> of the idea well.

 I'm speechless, Ernst.