Author Topic: Yr most amusing Rumsfeld quotes (Read 392 times)

Wolfala · « **on:** December 17, 2003, 03:43:59 PM »

In!

CIA experts, Rumsfeld said, “know the needs we have in terms of counterterrorism, they know the threads that have to come up through the needle head.” He said turning the questioning over to the agency was “a three-minute decision, and the first two were for coffee.”

~~Wolfala~~

Grendel · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:01:58 PM »

'Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.'

Donald Rumsfeld

With that line he won the 'Foot in Mouth' Award.

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/footinmouth.html

AKIron · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:04:01 PM »

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Originally posted by Grendel
'Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.'

Donald Rumsfeld

With that line he won the 'Foot in Mouth' Award.

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/footinmouth.html

I think he made a valid point. Can you put it any simpler?

straffo · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:12:37 PM »

you think it's simple ????

AKIron · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:15:14 PM »

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Originally posted by straffo
you think it's simple ????

I have no trouble understanding what he is saying, do you?

AKIron · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:17:29 PM »

I guess he could have said:

There are things we know, things we don't know, and things we don't know we don't know.

Toad · « **Reply #6 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:21:42 PM »

That line made sense to me in an "intelligence community" sort of way.

AKIron · « **Reply #7 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:31:02 PM »

A better way to paraphrase Rumsfeld may be:

There are answers we know, answers we don't know, and answers to which we don't know the question.

straffo · « **Reply #8 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:31:36 PM »

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Originally posted by AKIron
I have no trouble understanding what he is saying, do you?

I know Have know lot know trouble know reading know his know sentence know,because know of know some know sort know of know background know noise.

Seriously, it look like :

Di-moi gros gras grand grain d'orge, quand te dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgeriseras-tu?
Je me dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgeriserai quand tous les gros gras grands grains d'orge se seront dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgerisés.

or

Si mon tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton est tondu par mon tonton, si ma tata tâte ta tata, ta tata est tâtée par ma tata

But my all time favorite is this one :
Natacha n'attacha pas son chat Pacha qui s'échappa, ce qui fâcha Sacha. Sachant sa chatte pas chaste, Sacha s'attacha à chasser ce chat Pacha !

good luck Toad

AKIron · « **Reply #9 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:37:30 PM »

Alright, how many I knows in "Ain't no Sunshine"?

Shuckins · « **Reply #10 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:42:44 PM »

Appears he's an expert in counter-intelligence.

Shuckins

Scootter · « **Reply #11 on:** December 17, 2003, 07:24:36 PM »

ya don't know, what ya don't know, untill ya know it

and they pay cash which is just as good as money:D