August 05, 2005

These are not the droids you wanted.(UPDATE)

Check out this surreal Iranian press conference at LGF:

Reporter: What will the scope of the (UCF) activity in Esfahan be at the beginning? Will it have full or partial capacity?

Asefi: What do you care?

Oh, I like this guy. Are you guys going to have a ceremony to let the IAEA know when the Esfahan reactor's working?

Asefi: No. If by “special ceremony” you mean handing out cake and candy, then we have no such thing.

He's just so cheerfully belligerent about it, but still pretty smooth. Sort of Baghdad Bob meets Bob Novak. I assure you, I am interested in seeing more of this Asefi guy.

Asefi: No. I know it is of no interest to you.

UPDATED & BUMPED: I decided to try Asefi's masterful redirection technique with my wife--the results are detailed below the fold:

Wife: Did you do the laundry like I asked you to?

Me: What do you care?

Wife: Let's try this again.

Me: Go ahead, yes.

Wife: What? Why you are speaking like a pompous fool?

Me: This does not concern you. Did you have a question?

Wife: The LAUNDRY?

Me: You asked me that. I indicated that it is of no interest to you.

Wife: Well, the clean sheets are of no interest to you, since you're now sleeping on the couch. But I just might be interested in whether or not I have any clean sheets for the bed.

Me: Please. I know that it this is of no interest to you.

Wife: You are quite mistaken there, sir. Okay, well, would you like to give me some signal about when you might actually start do the laundry?

Me: If by "signal" you mean "handing out cakes and cookies", then no, I will do no such thing. Or if by "signal" you mean "stuff my pants full of mashed potatoes and do the hokey-pokey in the church parking lot," then no, no signal will be given. But if by a "signal", you mean "sitting down at the computer and reading blogs for an hour and a half", then yes, I...

Wife: (Smacks me with iron skillet.)

Me: Zionist!

Memo to John Bolton: carry skillet at all times in UN.

Posted by: seedubya at 09:04 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 Too Funny. Freedom of the press does not mean freedom of the truth. LOL Anty

Posted by: Anty at August 05, 2005 01:21 AM (K/zPN)

2 I know this is an off topic but this is a must read article. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1186717.cms It's too late for those countires "infected" but at least they can try.

Posted by: Roopesh at August 05, 2005 02:14 AM (YxeqH)

3 Hey Anty, Freedom of the Press? You do realize this Iran? Many Iranians are dying in their prisons for voicing the truth, an opinion, or simply being in the vicinity. Do you know of the protests? This is not a scolding. I would just like you to go to The Daily Briefing on Iran and learn about what is happening. Thanks. Hey there, Magi Jawa! lol. I hope I can smell sarcasm when I read it. Wait, that doesn't make sense? lol. Anty was probably just being funny, also. It gets to me after a while, though. I have been working very hard to free Akbar Ganji before they kill him, and other issues in Iran and the ME. Hey, I need to cool off! You have a great day!

Posted by: Rosemary at August 05, 2005 02:15 AM (JngAT)

4 You think your Jedi mind tricks are going to get you out of the laundry?

Posted by: Flea at August 05, 2005 08:41 AM (Vqoxs)

5 Roopesh: that article portrays India as a veritable paradise devoid of the strife any democratic country faces. While yes, to some extent, India's democracy is a success story, it certainly is not wihtout a great deal of turmoil and dissent perpetrated by its Muslim faction. Nowhere is the recent history of even Kashmir mentioned. And those upwardly-mobile Muslims in their society are certainly in the crosshairs of the fundamentalists. It was irresponsible on the author's part to ignore the elephant in the room and pretend it doesn't exist or can be assauged. ------------------------------ And See-Dubya, that was pretty damn funny.

Posted by: Oyster at August 05, 2005 09:32 AM (fl6E1)

6 Man, these reporters need to be able to think on their feet: Reporter: What will the scope of the (UCF) activity in Esfahan be at the beginning? Will it have full or partial capacity? Asefi: What do you care? Reporter: I'm thinking of buying a house in Esfahan and would like to have some idea what the costs for electricity would be and, maybe, whether or not Esfahan would be a target for some Israeli-initiated preventative measures, like say, an airstrike. Remember?

Posted by: BumperStickerist at August 05, 2005 10:12 AM (70uoQ)

7 pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

Posted by: dave at August 05, 2005 10:19 AM (DO6vD)

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