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Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:14 am
by spot
I don't know about you people, but I'm splitting my sides here."You think that America has roads paved in gold, everybody lives in Hollywood," he said. "They don't understand the sacrifices that America is making to provide for their security."
"Why don't you just poke me in the eye with a needle! You've got to be kidding me. I'm sorry, we just gave you $11.6bn (£7.2bn) and now you're telling me, 'I don't really care?'" Gen Fuller said.
"You can teach a man how to fish, or you can give them a fish. We're giving them fish while they're learning, and they want more fish! 'I like swordfish, how come you're giving me cod?' Guess what? Cod's on the menu today," he told Politico.
BBC News - US General Peter Fuller fired as Afghan training chief
"Gen Fuller is not the first senior military figure to find themselves in hot water over comments made to the media". There's a classic bit of BBC understatement for you.
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:22 am
by Snooz
Isn't Iraq landlocked?
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:28 am
by spot
No Snooze, it has a navy and a major port, Basra, opening into the Persian Gulf.
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:32 am
by Snooz
Well, with a major port, you'd think they'd already know how to fish, right?
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:37 am
by spot
Only, I fear, if the General had been discussing Iraq.
Find a towel Snooze, dip your head in a bowl of water and pat the excess dampness off. Then try again.
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:41 am
by Snooz
I Japan to find that rather insulting, spot.
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:48 pm
by Snooz
Did I kill the thread?
Oh well, I got a good laugh out of it, I could just imagine spot shaking his head in despair at my stupidity. :wah:
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:33 pm
by theia
SnoozeAgain;1374752 wrote: Did I kill the thread?
Oh well, I got a good laugh out of it, I could just imagine spot shaking his head in despair at my stupidity. :wah:
...dressed in his string vest :-4
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:42 pm
by Snooz
theia;1374760 wrote: ...dressed in his string vest :-4
I had to google that. And yes, it's perfect for spot.
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:48 pm
by spot
Good lord no. If you're going to post it, get it right...
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Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:12 pm
by Bryn Mawr
spot;1374764 wrote: Good lord no. If you're going to post it, get it right...
Cor, that's a posh one - where's the holes?
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:24 pm
by along-for-the-ride
ewwwwwwwww ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:26 pm
by spot
Bryn Mawr;1374893 wrote: Cor, that's a posh one - where's the holes?They're Govan holes, someone nicked them.
Eleanor, I fear, couldn't bring herself to look at the screen when I put the eBay listing up. Three times she tried and three times her self-preservation reflex cut in and forced her head away from the disgrace. It won't be there under the Christmas tree.
Yet another General self-destructs when interviewed
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:33 pm
by Bryn Mawr
spot;1374895 wrote: They're Govan holes, someone nicked them.
Eleanor, I fear, couldn't bring herself to look at the screen when I put the eBay listing up. Three times she tried and three times her self-preservation reflex cut in and forced her head away from the disgrace. It won't be there under the Christmas tree.
She has sense does young Ellie, you'd do well to listen to her sound advice
