Posted: Oct 4, 2008, 12:26 PM CST
mike69spain wrote:You are going to extremes here to be social, rusty...
thanks......... I do my best!
I was trying (and obviously failing) to be funny, but it is true that people often answer a different question to what they have been asked - it is a fantastic skill if you are a politician - e.g.
'What do you think of the unemployment figures, Minister?'
'I think that the economic climate is very encouraging and more jobs are being created every day..........'
'Yes, Minister but what do you think about the rise in UNemployment figures'
'I am very pleased with this government's employment record - employment is higher now than at any time since the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was inhabited by a mere 362,923 flea-ridden savages who didn't understand the meaning of the term 'Democracy' '
'Yes, Minister - but what about the increase in unemployment'
'Please - you are beginning to irritate me. I have already answered your question, and we both know that the fact is that more people are in work now than when this government came to power.
You are merely quoting a statistic that is meaningless without taking seasonal variances into consideration........... since we are now going to host the next Olympic games employment is bound to increase even further.'
'Thank you, Minister'
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