Just like buses ...
For a while now our cousins in the USA have been awaiting their chance to elect a black president or a female president, neither having happened before. Suitable candidates, it seems, are like buses: you wait ages for one, then two turn up at once.
The current primaries cruelly present the delegates of the Democratic party with a choice between a presidential candidate who is either female or black. As the current columnists' catch phrase has it: "You couldn't make it up."
If Hillary Clinton were to become president, would she choose Barack Obama as her vice-president? If so, what would Chris Rock do? I recall a side-splitting routine he did a few years ago based on his supposed wish to see a black person as vice-president. Not, as his audience first supposed, a black president.
Just for the record: Mr Rock was only joking, as am I. The routine referred to is probably available somewhere on the Internet, if you're still interested.
The current primaries cruelly present the delegates of the Democratic party with a choice between a presidential candidate who is either female or black. As the current columnists' catch phrase has it: "You couldn't make it up."
If Hillary Clinton were to become president, would she choose Barack Obama as her vice-president? If so, what would Chris Rock do? I recall a side-splitting routine he did a few years ago based on his supposed wish to see a black person as vice-president. Not, as his audience first supposed, a black president.
Just for the record: Mr Rock was only joking, as am I. The routine referred to is probably available somewhere on the Internet, if you're still interested.
posted by Skip | 9:29 pm
1 Comments:
It appears that discussing the inaccuracies and inadequacies of English grammar in the US, we have unintentionally upset quite a few people and are now being vilified as being just too picky, picky, pick. No, not piquey, peaky, peeky, but picky, picky, picky. There's an old saying: "The pig that's bitten squeals." Hmmm. A little resentment in the ranks?
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