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The Axis of Power! I think I might have a civil claim against the BBC. I was watching the news from the Labour Party Conference this afternoon whilst eating a sandwich and nearly choked when the BBC Political Correspondent Andrew Marr concocted this radiant gem:
“The important thing for the world right now is the continued dialogue between Washington and Blackpool”
My apologies to non-UK readers because you really do have to be British to fully appreciate just how pant-wettingly hilarious that statement is.
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David, Believe it or not I’m a Yank that actually has been to Blackpool (and lived!) and I can totally appreciate it!
Too funny! (and these remarks disparaging Blackpool, the busman’s holiday destination of choice of days gone by, are said with no disrespect to England as a whole, which is lovely!)
Would someone kindly explain why that statement is so funny.
Eric
Imagine if, during the Cold War, some senior political correspondent (with deadpan sincerity, I might add) stressing the importance of keeping open a line of communication between the Kremlin….and Coney Island!
washigton? Coney Island? You mean there’s a difference?
Oh, you don’t have to be British to get it…
So if President Bush was back in Texas on vacation right now, the BBC correspondent would’ve said:
“The important thing for the world right now is the continued dialogue between Crawford and Blackpool.”
Maybe it’s me, because I live in Texas, but the Crawford end of the terminus has truly acquired significance whereas Blackpool will always be Blackpool.
David
Thank you for the revelation.
Aye, that is truly amuzing!
Next: The Gatehouse-of-Fleet/Washington DC Axis!
The press is always taking themselves too seriously. God bless the blogger…what a refuge!