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Antwoord John Cleese op speech Bush
john cleese - 27.03.2003 20:40
het antwoord op de Axis of Evil
>**Other Axis of Evil Wannabes**
>
>by John Cleese
>
>Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of
>Evil", Libya, China and Syria today announced that they had
>formed the "Axis of Just as Evil", which they said would be
>more evil than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President
>Bush warned of in his State of the Union address.
>Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new
>Axis as having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right.
>They are just as evil.. . in their dreams!" declared North
>Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best
>evils . . . best at being evil ...we're the best."
>
>Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being
>excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could
>join the Axis of Evil. "They told us it was full," said Syrian
>President Bashar al-Assad.
>
>"An axis can't have more than three counties", explained Iraqi
>President Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's
>tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan
>in the evil Axis. So, you can only have three, and a secret
>handshake. Ours is wickedly cool."
>
>International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was
>swift, as within minutes, France surrendered.
>
>Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate
>status in what has become a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba,
>Sudan and Serbia announced that they had formed the "Axis of
>Somewhat Evil", forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar
>in the "Axis of Occasionally Evil", while Bulgaria, Indonesia
>and Russia established the "Axis of Not So Much Evil Really as
>Just Generally Disagreeable".
>
>With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs
>filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be
>called the "Axis of Countries That Aren't the Worst But
>Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics". Canada, Mexico
>and Australia formed the "Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But
>Secretly Have Some Nasty Thoughts About America", while
>Scotland, New Zealand and Spain established the "Axis of
>Countries That Want Sheep to Wear Lipstick". "That's not a
>threat, really, just something we like to do", said Scottish
>Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.
>
>While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't
>perhaps making fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval for
>most axis, although he rejected the establishment of the "Axis
>of Countries Whose Names End in 'Guay", accusing one of its
>members of filing a false application. Officials from
>Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges.
>
>Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis,
>but privately world leaders said that's only because no one
>asked them.
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| aanvullingen | | | | 28.03.2003 00:52
oeps! sorry
maar hij blijft leuk, en is ook wel in de style van john cleese en consorten.
| | Don't mention the war | Tim the Sorcerer - 28.03.2003 01:43
I beg to differ. Iedereen die wel eens een halve aflevering van Fawlty Towers heeft gezien (of Cleese's management-handboeken heeft gelezen) had kunnen weten dat dit niet van hem is. Maar afijn het is hier geen Python discussieboard wel.
Zie daarvoor liever
 http://www.pythonline.com/
of wat dat betreft de wel degelijk kritische observaties van zijn collega Terry Jones in The Observer
http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,882459,00.html "I'm losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush"
http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,796739,00.html "The audacious courage of Mr Blair"
en http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,651594,00.html "OK, George, make with the friendly bombs"
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