Have trouble putting a name to a face? If you are anything like Our Man (you
FREAK!) then you probably do. Seems the subs at the Times (of London) suffer the same plonk-induced lapses as their more illustrious forebears. Do they still have subs? Hard to tell in their lovelily laid out
double-page spread (above) about the (yawn) G20 bigwigs and their impact on the world. Love the creative use of white space, darlings, good use of cutouts and nifty circles and such. Er, one small problem -
The Times can't find its Aso with both hands. Let's zoom in a little closer, shall we?
Mind you, pity the poor subs. It's not as if Aso is a well-known figure in the world. Oh, by the way, since when were there 30 leaders of the G20? And Aso started with such high hopes from
here, eh readers?
Anyway, nice spot from Agent Provocateur Motsamai.
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shows the clout ole' Taro has
The clout? Japan has just donated something like a billion billion of your tax yen to the IMF. One would think they would remember him for that.
Obviously it's not the problem that they don't know who Taro Aso is, but that they made a mistake with the numbering.
Or why else is it 19 - 20 - 2 - 21 - 23 - 24???
2 should be 21 (Indonesia) and 21 should be 22 (Japan).
So it might be more accurate to blame the Times for their numbering skills.
Of course you're right Dominc, but where's the fun in that?
Even the most po-dunk of the provincial press subs (for Our Man was one) are taught to check the captions refer to the right people. And check again.
Actually, I'm not sure your average journo could recognise Aso in a line-up of 20 (or 30) world leaders, thus proving the premise of the post.
Oh, they all look the same anyway. And before anybody gets their knickers in a knot, I'm not referring to Asians, but to those hollow, stuffed, meaningless, whimpering grey men of politics: paralysed force, violent souls, this broken jaw of our lost kingdoms.
When I look at that picture, I'm reminded of an Aquarius Vitamin Guard "Frogman Kosuke" ad I recently spotted on the Yamanote line. I can't recall it exactly, but it says something like "when you want to collapse like mud". Wonder why that makes me think of politicians.
And "collapse like mud" reminds me of the Dutch word "pappekak", which means soft dung. Perfect word for politicians.
(Aside to linguists: I know this is not, in fact, the source of the word poppycock, but if the word doesn't exist in Dutch, heck, it should.)
That was my irrelevant rambling contribution of the day. I shall now return to my bomb shelter under the cherry blossoms.
Ooh, that gives Our Man an idea for the next post...
Pappekak indeed. Would that be the source of the term "I kacked my pants (when I saw the rocket coming straight at me)"??
'I shall now return to my bomb shelter under the cherry blossoms.'
sounds idyllic,can I join you? I am a doctor you know.
"I kakked my pants"?! Our Man, where in your global meanderings did you hear that?! Yup, "kak" is Dutch/Afrikaans for ... ummm ... poop. (Am I allowed to use Bad English Words on this website?)Apparently it comes from the Latin "cacare" which means to ... ummm ... poop.
Datsun Kildare, yes, you can join me, but only if I can wear my nurse's uniform.
Allowed? You are positively encouraged to use bad words on this site, English, German, Japanese even Dutch, be Our Guest.
Our Man seems to recall using "pile of kack" on the mean streets of Leicester as a slightly less uncouth expression when "pile of wank" was considered too risque. ("This Saturday job is a pile of er, kack") At the time, we thought we were sounding American. Who knew it was Afrikaans?
Dr Datsun Kildare knows a thing or two about speaking double dutch too.
'Datsun Kildare, yes, you can join me, but only if I can wear my nurse's uniform.'
you'll have to fight me for it.....!
Our Man, who knows, perchance that word surfaces in other languages too? Surfaces? Heh. Like politicians. As in "kak floats" or "kak always rises to the top".
There's another Dutch word, "poppestront", which means a doll's whatsimicallits (pop = doll, stront = kak). When you use it in the expression "zo fijn als poppestront" (as fine as doll poop), you're referring to something over-religious or extremely strictly orthodox. Another word that applies to certain politicians.
OK enough scatology. (Eschatology, too, depending on our friendly North-Korean neighbours?)
Datsun Kildare, OK, deal.
Oh. Oops. Sorry. DOCTOR Kildare. I see you've uptitled officially.
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