Berlusconi Busted

[Ursa major]

...although the phrase, "There's no accounting for taste," may not be entirely accurate....

[The Judge]

I don't think taste comes into it, Ursa. Power and money -- the greatest aphrodisiacs a man can have. I understand an ability to play golf is also helpful. It puts a tiger in your... er... tank, if you'll forgive the expression...

J

[Ursa major]

I think I should have written it as "There's no accounting for taste...."**


(I know we're mostly having a laugh at this, but having seen the attack on the TV, I think it's lucky that no-one was more seriously injured. Berlusconi received "only" a glancing blow. One wonders what might have happened if the missile had hit his temple or the temple of someone next to him.)




** - One of the few 'jokes' I know: 'A pretty woman stops next to a man sitting on a barstool. He turns to her and says: "I'm not really this tall; I'm sitting on my wallet." '

[Allegra]

Gosh I almost missed this highly entertaining thread! You all made my day!

On a side note, at least the attacker may not be facing torture in jail like the shoe-thrown-man in Iraq for missing the target.

[Ursa major]

Perhaps, but Berlusconi is now worried that this was not a sole attacker.

[J-WO]

I'd like to see shoe-throwing man and church-throwing man form an elite team that travels the world and keeps our leaders on their toes. It might cut down on successful assassinations The UN could fund it.

[dreamhunter]

You could use a church to throw at someone? Geee, the Pope isn't going to like that though.