or Powell's or me• • •
"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
May 23, 2006
Back In The Days When Spymasters Wrote Limericks
Michael Pollak has discovered another of the type of peculiar snippet of information that makes me want to go on living. Apparently in February, 1940, MI5's director of counter-espionage wrote this little bit of verse in his diary:
An elderly statesman with gout
When asked what the war was about
In a written reply
Said "My colleagues and I
Are doing our best to find out."
You really got a higher quality of grey, faceless bureaucrat in those days. Michael Hayden probably relaxes by playing a 14 hour game of Halo 2.
Posted at May 23, 2006 11:13 AM | TrackBackThat's a badass limerick. Also, I totally pwnd Michael Hayden the other day. He's a n00b sniper. Figures.
Posted by: BRG at May 23, 2006 12:44 PMIt's your brothers and your sisters who will pay
And they have to pay it out every day
In the sand or in the mud
The price will be their BLOOD
While you and I sit on our duffs and type away
Every time I make a phone call the first thing I do is I say "Hi" to Hayden.
There was an old man from Crass
Whose balls were made from brass
In stormy weather they'd knock together
And lightening shot out his ass.
