Do re mi, so far so good

[venta]

The BBC, in attempt to milk as many pages as possible from the White House switch-over, has produced a page of Bushisms. Many are, I think, the sort of mistakes which you'd normally forgive someone who was speaking off the cuff; badly planned sentences and confused pronouns. Some are the statements of the bleeding obvious which most politicians use as rhetorical devices. Some are more worrying. My favourite, however, is a delightful example from the conjoined proverb department.

Talking in Washington in 2004, he described the enemies of free society as those who kill "at the whim of a hat".

Isn't that a lovely phrase ? I shall begin using it forthwith.

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

Of course not! Firstly because the more people use it, the better it will propagate. Secondly because I don't think it's reasonable to claim ownership of a phrase anyway (especially when it wasn't even your own invention!)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Where by ownership I meant 'exclusive use', not 'ownership'.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

That's one mighty powerful hat.

[venta.livejournal.com]

In wars, it's not uncommon for a hat to order a small expedition force to launch into enemy territory. It's called... The Sortie Hat.

I go now.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Gaaaaaaah

Hi Condign...

[(Anonymous)]

Since you're bound to be dropping in....

[hughe.livejournal.com]

like oddjob?



and not kill at the whim of a shoe?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

OK, that's a fine picture of a hat.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I guess that would be a titfer-tat reprisal...

[venta.livejournal.com]

Urgh. That really does cap it all.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Your cup brimmeth over, I expect.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

those who kill "at the whim of a hat".

I'm saving this for the next lot of Catholic terrorists.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

We need a picture of the hat.

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."

Presidents who only wish they could say that include: Clinton, Nixon.

Title only...

[deeteeuk.livejournal.com]

...I now have Carter USM in my head.

Re: Title only...

[venta.livejournal.com]

Nasty!

Re: Title only...

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

well at least there were only two of them. Imagine if it had been Dexy's Midnight Runners...