Hi, Cecilia!
What a nice post--you are always so gracious and to the point. Thanks very
much.
Here is an item from the Washington Post that you may enjoy--a little humor
wouldn't hurt the list right now, would it? Here is a dialogue of
misunderstanding, and I love it.
[first published in the Washington Post]
(We take you now to the Oval Office. George W. Bush
and Condoleezza Rice are just coming in.)
George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow's name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
George: Now whaddya' asking me for?
Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?
Condi: That's the man's name.
George: That's who's name?
Condi: Yes.
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of
China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle
East.
Condi: That's correct.
George: Then who is in China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China.
Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
George: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
George: No.
Condi: You don't want Kofi.
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a
glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
George: Milk! Will you please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
George: Who is the guy at the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
George: Will you stay out of China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get
on the phone.
(Condi picks up the phone.)
Condi: Rice, here.
George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls,
too. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East.
Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?
Best wishes,
Dick
P.S. I look forward to seeing you in Brazil in a few weeks--you will be
coming to Rio, won't you??
Richard Buchanan
Carnegie Mellon University
--On Monday, August 11, 2003 9:01 PM -0300 Maria Cecilia Loschiavo Dos
Santos <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues of PHD list,
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> I canīt resist to say that an intellectual debate is always welcome to
> make the improvement of Design knowledge and of our community.
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> Ken and Jonas are great colleagues and I believe that what really matters
> is the possibility to have a democratic list encompassing our scientific
> profile and human nature.
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> With best regards and a little cold from Brazilian winter,
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> maria Cecilia Loschiavo
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