Funny Embarassing Screwed Up Responses from

[tenni]

Politicians, Bureaucrats and other "officials"

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Toronto resident Cathie Besso emailed Rob Ford, frontrunner in the upcoming Toronto mayoral election, to ask him what he intended to do about bike lanes in the city. She was taken aback by the reply: a form letter first thanked her for voicing her concerns, the Toronto Star reports. In the second paragraph, written in bold, it said “Insert vague response on policy.” Presumably an error, there was no answer to her question, and Ford’s team didn’t return the Star’s requests for comment.

Have you heard or read any funny screw ups from these types of people?

[darkeyes]

From my Head Teacher..

"Fran.. I'm sending along by best knickers to your class tomorrow since Bridget won't have them in her class any more. They are a right filthy pair..."

I couldn't believe my eyes and my jaw dropped... I just had to read on..

"..and have been giving Bridge a really difficult time with their foul mouths. Can you take them into your class temporarily as you had few problems with them last year until I decide what to do with them. If they carry on as they have been doing I am going to have to ban them from the rugby team".

Ahhhhh...the penny dropped.. if not the knickers... hope it was Bridget's he had on his mind when he wrote the memo and not mine...

[Realist]

Too many politicians are masters of double-talk and making long, passionate speeches without saying a damned thing...or blatantly lying through their teeth!

Years ago, there was a comedian, who went by the name of "Proffessor Erwin Corey". He was the world's expert on absolutely nothing ........and a master of emphatic, loud, proclamations with rants about who knows!

I'm positive that he trained many of our politicians for public speaking, because every time many of them are asked a question, they'll skirt the issues in the same manner that Prof Corey did!

[Hephaestion]

1) I attended a lecture a while back. The speaker was entusiastic for the future and gave a very enticing talk. A true leader and someone that we should all place our trust in. I looked at my notes afterwards so as to remind myself of the key points and disseminate his wise words to those in my area of activity.

I had a page of nothing except for repeated entries of the man's name!

This person would have been an exact fit in the story of 'the king's new clothes'. Some people are gifted. How's it done?

2) When young, we were abroad and I attended an appropriate school. I decided to try to incorporate some of the local tongue into my verbal school answers. The teacher's face went red and the observer spluttered a stifled laugh. Apparently in my innocent but 'knowledgeable' reply I had said 'I have been screwed'. (A bit like JFK in his famous speech in which through his pronounciaiton he told everyone that he was a German sausage).


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