"I'm not going to play the blame-game.
I'm not a blame-game player."
"I'm a problem solver not a finger-pointer."
"I won't play gotcha. I'm not a gotcha player."
"The buck stops" where?
With thanks to Doonesbury, who usually supplies all my info on US culture.
Roger
On 9/20/05, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Whew, Hal!
>
> Gotcha! you might say, if anyone there was listening....
>
> Doug
> On 19-Sep-05, at 12:35 PM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
>
> > Sonnet: Unspecified Horrors
> >
> > Take a life like yours. Echinacea does nothing
> > to cure your latest cold. Trademarks and logos
> > borrowed without attribution. In other words,
> > not in the lifetime of President Pigg. Pipelining
> >
> > collected terms you object to,imagining the beach
> > during January, when all have returned to the city.
> > We try to assure that the biblical prophecies anent
> > World's End will be fulfilled in short order,so
> >
> > don't waste your efforts on massive reconstructions,
> > unless, of course, there are short-term pay-offs to be
> > enjoyed. The tree bends over the old man, but he
> > hasn't noticed. Who would have thought the levee
> >
> > might break? Who would have thought that could
> > happen? You, sliding down into gunk now, farewell!
> >
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > Halvard Johnson
> > ================
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > [log in to unmask]
> > website: http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard
> > blogs: http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> Douglas Barbour
> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
> Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
> (780) 436 3320
>
> The temper is fragile
> as apparently it wants to be,
> wind on the ocean, trees
> moving in wind and rain.
>
> Robert Creeley
>
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