Gutsy fella' that Bernanke chap! He must have his arm twisted so far up his back his beard is being watered by his tears, or perhaps the economic loonies in the White House are actually water-boarding him in their efforts to get him to restart the money-printing presses. The fact that it has been tried twice before and has failed to reboot the economy seems not to have registered with 'Barry' and his boys. Their motto is: if at first, and second, you don't succeed then, then try a third, and fourth time! So we must now wait until September to find out if Bernanke is going to hold out and earn himself a Congressional Medal of Honour, or, be pelted with rotten veg and execrated in the history books!
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Saturday, 27 August 2011
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I agree - but we'll have to wait and see.
Posted by: A K Haart | Saturday, 27 August 2011 at 10:37
Uh, David? The fellow is a civilian. Being a civilian he's only eligible for a Presidential Freedom Award.
Since that has to be awarded by a sitting President, I wonder - how long are you gonna be holding your breath?
Take that as a "No longer'n a chigger's leg" shall I?
Posted by: JK | Saturday, 27 August 2011 at 14:55
I'm reminded of that overused scene from the movies, in which several attempts to restart a patient's heart have failed. The intense protagonist of the story refuses to give up, demanding yet another try with the defibrillator. Eventually, someone has to take his arm and say "She's dead, Barry. Let her go."
Posted by: CorkyAgain | Saturday, 27 August 2011 at 20:31
Corky, that's a corker!
JK, dare I ask what a "chigger" is?
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 28 August 2011 at 11:58
Mr Duff, really? You don't know what a chigger is.
Read your Gerald Durrell. Read about African nasties.
Posted by: Andra | Sunday, 28 August 2011 at 18:50
But I do read about 'African nasties', they usually wear ridiculous uniforms smothered in braid with more medals than a Russian Field Marshal! However, provoked by you, Andra, I turned to my trusty OED which tells me exactly what a nasty little brute a 'chigger' is.
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 28 August 2011 at 18:57
No dear Andra, the chiggers of Arkansas are different from the chiggroes (that incidentally is how George Carlin admonished us un-pc Arkies to pronounce during his one trip to Arkansas) anyway, the chiggroes of Africa.
Here's a primer (sorry, no pictures).
http://goarticles.com/article/Chigger-Spit-May-Be-Hazardous-to-Your-Leg/575889/
Posted by: JK | Monday, 29 August 2011 at 15:10
Ah, JK, thanks for that chigger or chiggro update.
After I posted that little gem I got to wondering if the Durrell book I was referring to was about Africa or South America and that maybe your chiggers might not the same as anybody else's chiggers.
Either way I'm fairly glad we don't have any here, we have our quota of nasties already. Possibly part of somebody else's quota as well.
I can consider trading your chiggroes for a bushel of say, small cassowaries or maybe some irukandji jellyfish. A goanna could be handy in your neck of the woods.
This deal is available for the next 24 hours only.
Ask any car salesman for advice if required.
Posted by: Andra | Monday, 29 August 2011 at 20:00