Before beating up Mde. Kirchner, did 'Dim Dave' ask for advice from his old school chum Dominic West, who played tough cop Jimmy McNulty in The Wire, on how to come on all brutal and macho, I wonder? We shall never know until the history books are written. I am in two minds over Dave's 'bit of bovver' with the dim-witted harridan running Argentina - running it into the ground, that is. Yes, it was good to hear someone, anyone, actually stating British rights and interests, a habit that our very own 'Ministry for Foreigners' has never quite mastered. On the other hand, was 'Dave' the man to do it? I imagine him coming over all smirky and smarmy in that irritating OE way of his, and when she thrust that envelope at him I wonder if he suddenly thought, oh God, don't tell me she's declared war, and whether 'SamCam' had packed plenty of fresh underpants for him? I don't know. It all felt very stagey, like a couple of old performers having a 'handbags at dawn' moment. And needless(*) to say, it changed absolutely nothing.
(Originally spelled 'needles' - my bad, see comments!)
"And needles to say ..."
Third time you did that! It's quickly becoming my favorite Duffism.
Posted by: Dom | Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 14:11
Oh God, my careless, bad spelling corrected by an American - the shame, the shame! Don't tell 'DM' - I think he must be on his hols or he would have been in like Flynn and given me another hundred lines!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 17:07
Is there a video of this spectacular encounter anywhere on the web? It all sounds a bit limp. Apparently he walked away from her. It would have been much better if he had stood there, chest out, hands behind back like the Duke of Edinburgh. What would she have done with the letter then? Tried to post it in his mouth? Rummaged in his jacket looking for an inside pocket?
Alternatively he could have taken it, rolled it into a tube, and said "Right! I'll be the Conqueror, and you are the Belgrano! Run before this goes somewhere you don't want it!"
Posted by: Whyaxye | Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 20:01
You might find a video of it on oneof those all-in wrestling channels!
Posted by: David Duff | Thursday, 21 June 2012 at 07:09
Quite frankly, when I am Empress of the Universe, I will get rid of the UN. These third world dictators are as annoying as the midges in the highlands. They have no business playing with the big boys.
Posted by: missred | Thursday, 21 June 2012 at 17:49
But . . . but . . . I thought you were the Empress, Miss Red, and I have been worshiping at your feet since I 'met' you! Oh, and by the way, just remember that some midges can be deadly!
Posted by: David Duff | Friday, 22 June 2012 at 09:29