Thursday, March 12, 2009

The "O" and Diplomacy

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.



  1. Olive Garden Gift Card ($50)

  2. Ronco Showtime Grillwave

  3. A set of Ginsu Knives

  4. 2 Tickets to a Monster Truck rally

  5. A garden gnome

  6. "Hope" and "Change" bumper stickers

  7. Rock Band 2 for WII

  8. A 6" Action Figure of "O"

  9. CD of The Massacre by 50 Cent

  10. 3 month membership to the Organic Fruit Club

2 comments:

  1. Also considered, according to my sources:

    A 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...

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  2. Could have been worse. Could have been films with the Brits as badguys, or raging incompetents.

    The 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!

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