Well, as excuses go I'm afraid I can only give M. Strauss-Kahn 'E' for Effort! But that, according to The Daily Mail, was his excuse for finding himself, against his will and much to his surprise, I'm sure, in the middle of an orgy at a well-known Parisian knocking shop. M. Strauus-Kahn thought he was attending a rather smart 'School for Young Gals' in order to deliver a lecture on monetary theory and the fact that the young 'gals' kept tapping him up for around £1,200 for the night merely confirmed his misapprehension. As his lawyer (natch!) put it:
'At these parties, people were not dressed, and I defy you to tell the difference between a naked prostitute and any other naked woman.'
Well, you wouldn't, would you? And anyway, who would think that nice young 'gals' would need to be paid to have sex with the suave, good-looking, youthful M. Strauus-Kahn?
It has all been a terrible misunderstanding and sundry accusations of rape, of attending sex orgies, of possessing the telephone numbers of ten prostitutes, can easily be explained away once M. Strauss-Kahn and his lawyer have worked their way through the (growing) list.
Anyway, I'm thinking of trying out his excuse on the 'Memsahib' but first I need to find a suitable knocking shop with several young 'gals'. Mind you, there is then the problem of remembering what to do next? It's a terrible thing this memory loss when you get older!
I would love to have witnessed DSK's initial meeting with his lawyer on this one.
"M. Strauss-Kahn, I think I have a way out. But it will only work if you promise to keep a straight face in court..."
Posted by: Whyaxye | Friday, 13 January 2012 at 12:38
Heh! That man could lie with a bible in his mouth!
Posted by: David Duff | Friday, 13 January 2012 at 15:00
Somehow this post (and resulting comments) brought to mind part of a post&comment from an earlier time. Maybe because the older post featured both a pol and "explaining aways" - perhpas ironic only because it was our Newt then taking the, er, incoming.
The comment I thought of in part posted by one eLwood:
"Once I prayed to God for a new motorcycle. It didn't come. Then I realized God doesn't work that way. I went out and stole a motorcycle and asked God to forgive me."
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2011/03/09/dont-try-this-at-home
Posted by: JK | Saturday, 14 January 2012 at 04:48
Shrewd operators and great philosophers in 'Arkie'!
Posted by: David Duff | Saturday, 14 January 2012 at 08:59