And yet the Brits still claim that it's their language...

[Drake Tungsten]

Its a shame Americans need to have their humour served up to them with a big sign pointing at it saying "This is funny".

Says the man from the country that gave the world Benny Hill.

[cinch]

I gotta tell ya, that Rumsfeld quote is fairly clear to me. Sure, it's not the best thing I've ever read, but it still makes sense.

Besides, why manipulate the rules to get a Rumsfeld quote into the competition, when the greatest quote of all time is obviously:

"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven."
-Jean Chretien, when asked what kind of proof Canada would need to join America's war in Iraq

I'm going to miss that man.

[Frozzy]

I didn't understand what he was saying. Looks like him saying "We know" over and over again

[Ben Kenobi]

"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven."
-Jean Chretien, when asked what kind of proof Canada would need to join America's war in Iraq

Agreed.

However, they would have to dedicate the award to Chretien if they allowed Canadians to participate. Now, just to give you Americans a better idea of just how bad he speaks, my grandmother longs for the eloquence of Bush over Chretien.

As for Rummy, he comes through crystal clear. To understand where you are ignorant is a great deal different from being totally unaware of your ignorance.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Doesn't "dry" mean "funny except for the ignorant rednecks in the colonies"?

Yes.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Its a shame Americans need to have their humour served up to them with a big sign pointing at it saying "This is funny".

Says the man from the country that gave the world Benny Hill.

Says the man from the country that still watches him.

[Drake Tungsten]

Says the man from the country that still watches him.

I have never seen Benny Hill in my life, nor have I ever seen it being played on any channel on the television. Nice try, you pseudo-gay, monarchist bastard.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Says the man from the country that still watches him.

I have never seen Benny Hill in my life, nor have I ever seen it being played on any channel on the television. Nice try, you pseudo-gay, monarchist bastard.

1. How do you know what its about then.

2. What is pseudo Gay

3.I'm a republican( not in the G W sense)

4. My parents were married at my birth.

[MikeH]

No-one really watches Benny Hill in America, I refuse to believe that.

[Drake Tungsten]

1. How do you know what its about then.

I can read.

2. What is pseudo Gay

A synonym for English (there you go BC ).

3.I'm a republican( not in the G W sense)

You guys sure have accomplished a lot in the last couple centuries. It only took us a couple decades to throw off the monarchist yoke; what's your excuse?

4. My parents were married at my birth.

There is more than one meaning for the word "bastard", you know. Honestly, learn the damn language if you want to keep calling it your own.

[MikeH]

We keep the monarchy to make money from gullible American tourists who like to come and look at their palaces.

[Drake Tungsten]

Touche.

[Ancyrean]

I remember a quote from Rudyard Kipling, saying something to the effect that the UK and the US are the only two countries divided by the same language

Actually, in light of the replies here sympathising with Rumsfeld's comments, a sardonic British observer might go ahead and say "oh, the irony is lost on the Americans again!" (and of course, the Brits spare no country in their sense of humour, Americans come under fire more often because of their common language)

Seriously, take a look at this quote again:

"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"

Isn't that a VERY cumbersome way of stating the obvious? It's not a matter of whether you can wrestle some sense out of it or understand it, but rather this is really an ingenious way of saying nothing of note while expending some quite mouthful

I'm not British or a native speaker of English for that matter but I can't help but think this whole award thing (which is intended as a joke in the first place) is well placed on Mr. Rumsfeld in this instance

[Drake Tungsten]

but rather this is really an ingenious way of saying nothing of note while expending some quite mouthful

Well, to be serious for a moment, that is Rumsfeld's specialty.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

1. How do you know what its about then.

I can read.

2. What is pseudo Gay

A synonym for English (there you go BC ).

3.I'm a republican( not in the G W sense)

You guys sure have accomplished a lot in the last couple centuries. It only took us a couple decades to throw off the monarchist yoke; what's your excuse?

4. My parents were married at my birth.

There is more than one meaning for the word "bastard", you know. Honestly, learn the damn language if you want to keep calling it your own.

If you did know about english you would realise that any insult in the word bastard is derived from the fact that it means you are illegiteamate.

I don't want to call the language my own, it isn't mine just in the same way it isn't yours.

Oh and you can't get the full horror of Benny hill by reading about it, watch an episode and you will realise the absolute dregs us Brits can produce and the absolute dregs you will watch.