So what happens when the most powerful man in the world needs a piss..?

Bathroom?

Does that mean he's human after all......????

The BBC considers this newsworthy?

A change from taking the piss.

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Originally posted by BigH47:
A change from taking the piss.

Oh it's definitely punworthy. But I am surprised that the BBC has chosen to carry the report. Do we have a right to know that Bush goes to the toilet during a meeting! Did he blow his nose as well? Oh god did the great man sneeze!

Does the British taxpayer fund the BBC?

I think this is just a case of the dim puppet requesting permission from his puppeteers to do something unexpected.

When you have the lowest IQ in the room it must be naturally confusing when something unrehearsed comes up. This is just a glimpse of the real US governement in action.

I'm actually beginning to feel sorry for the poor sod. Pinnochio he isn't. The wooden kid had more brains, was a half-decent actor and was better at reading his lines.

Luckily it was just his nose that grew when he told lies. With "Burning" its just his wallet. Almost despite the wooden performance.

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Originally posted by Nime:
I'm actually beginning to feel sorry for the poor sod. Pinnochio he isn't. The wooden kid had more brains, was a half-decent actor and was better at reading his lines.

I couldn't understand what "wooden" had to do with Augusto Pinochet, until I re-read it!

cheers, Martin

No Martin. That was another tyrant.

The story only gained publicity because of a telephoto photo of the note - in
this article the restrooms at the UN have featured in the past and have been used as a strategic negotiating ploy.

With a person like Bush who appears to have a large number Naim owners out to get him he had to have the secret service "sanitise" the restrooms before he visited them.

Deane F
The BBC is paid for by an involuntary levy, known as the TV Licence fee, raised against anyone who has a TV set. It is assumed that every household has one. Afaik, no money is allocated to the BBC from central taxation so it is a moot point whether the British taxpayer pays for the BBC.
End of pedantic rant!

Pathetic.
So far out of context it is just pathetic.
Perhaps, just bear with me for a moment, he was trying to keep from insulting the person who had the floor and was wanting to take a break because his bladder was about to burst.
Ever been in one of those meetings?
I just excuse myself and get rid of the excess coffee or whatever.
But I don't have the eyes of the world on me with the possibility of further straining relations with other world powers.
Pathetic.
David

There are none so blind as those who won't see.

Care to elaborate, Nime?
(Using my seeing eye dog to type this...)
I'm no Bush supporter, it just seems beyond petty to blast the man for having to pee (or whatever, maybe he had GI distress, who knows?).
There are plenty of other fundamental flaws worth discussing.
David

David

My sincere apologies if my clumsy cliché was hurtful. I had no idea you had sight problems. The intricacies of political correctness often defeat my fumbling attempts to express an opinion.

But back to Bush: I find the man repulsive in almost every department that matters to me. His volunteering to rule the world by force does the world abolutely no favours.

Seeking advice on leaving a meeting to use the lavatory is yet another reason to loathe the man for his blatent incompetence and blatent worldly weakness.

I am biased because his actions impact on my world too. Yet I did not have a say in his election to the post of "Most Powerful Man on Earth". An oxymoron if ever there was one!

Regards
Nime

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Originally posted by Nime:
Seeking advice on leaving a meeting to use the lavatory is yet another reason to loathe the man for his blatent incompetence and blatent worldly weakness.

???



Of course, it's not possible that the BBC was taken in by a hoax is it?

BBC Retraction: "Bush Did Not Need To Urinate After All." (tee hee)

Regards
Steve M

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
Deane F
The BBC is paid for by an involuntary levy, known as the TV Licence fee, raised against anyone who has a TV set. It is assumed that every household has one. Afaik, no money is allocated to the BBC from central taxation so it is a moot point whether the British taxpayer pays for the BBC.
End of pedantic rant!

So the BBC is an independant organisation and has no government control?

If the BBC were taken in by the Bush potty request then so was the London Times - which elsewhere has been reporting on


"Blair 'shocked' over BBC Katrina coverage
By Joshua Chaffin and Aline van Duyn in New York
Published: September 17 2005 00:38 | Last updated: September 17 2005 00:38

Tony Blair was shocked by the BBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans, describing it as "full of hatred of America", Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, revealed on Friday night.

Mr Murdoch, a long-time critic of the BBC who controls rival Sky News, said the prime minister had recounted his feelings in a private conversation earlier this week in New York."

So old Murdoch cannot have it both ways - or perhaps we will be seeing heads roll at the Times as the reporters are told to toe the Murdoch Party line.

Hmm? I thought Sky News coverage of Katrina much more critical than the BBC.

The reports I have seen of US originated stories re the Katrina aftermath have been very critical just by what they have reported, let alone by the added comment.

Nime-
I understand your feelings of frustration and you are within your rights, obviously.
Just seems to me that there is ample room to criticize the man and his policies in areas other than his bathroom habits.
Like it or not, the man is the leader of the "free world" at least for now. Britain had its turn, as did many other empires throughout history. The thought of who is next is far more frightening to me than Bush and his cronies.
David