The PM of the UK visited the US last week. In keeping with tradition, PM Brown gave the "O" a first edition of volume one of Churchill's biography, a pen holder made from the timbers of a slave ship, and a framed commission of the HMS Resolute. What did O give him? 25 DVDs. I kid you not. However, what some may not know is that the DVD collection was the winner out of a number of suggestions. Here are some of gifts that were considered but rejected.
- Olive Garden Gift Card ($50)
- Ronco Showtime Grillwave
- A set of Ginsu Knives
- 2 Tickets to a Monster Truck rally
- A garden gnome
- "Hope" and "Change" bumper stickers
- Rock Band 2 for WII
- A 6" Action Figure of "O"
- CD of The Massacre by 50 Cent
- 3 month membership to the Organic Fruit Club
Also considered, according to my sources:
ReplyDeleteA lifetime supply of Jerri Curl
His and Hers Slankets
A lifetime supply of water-based lube
A Mazda
A Manza
A Mack Truck
A baby's arm holding an apple...
Could have been worse. Could have been films with the Brits as badguys, or raging incompetents.
ReplyDeleteThe Patriot, Allegheny Uprising, Drums Along the Mohawk, Patton, A Bridge Too Far, and then add salt to the wound by giving them a copy of U-571!