Bush, Blair And Dog-Doo

Tuesday

I listened to Bush's speech delivered in a rambling monotone to the EU leaders in Brussels but couldn't get past his lack of fluency.

To be fair the text of the speech - was - ok. The delivery - left a great - deal to be desired. He's picked up on Blair's pregnant pauses but he gets them wrong. Sometimes they just show that he's lost his place. I can only assume that his speech writers split the text into chunks to emphasise the breaks - result - the speech becomes meaningless to him. I listen to Bush or Blair and the words - "It says here" - always spring to mind.

There's a transcript of part of the speech here. At least you can supply your own pauses.

This morning I decided to brave the elements and take Dog for a walk. We got to the fields only to discover that he'd dumped in the back of the car again. Volvos have that effect on you.

It's like listening to Bush or Blair or drinking in the Hole in the Ground bar.

I am currently suffering from Darkling Thrush syndrome.