Describing Ahmadinejad's um.. circumstance:
"As one Iranian-American observer put it, using an indelicate Iranian expression, the leader has a saw in his posterior: he can't go forward and he can't go back. Unfortunately even to hold still looks excruciating..."
Secor, Laura."Protest Vote." The New Yorker: June 29, 2009.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Overheard: Iranian Expression
Describing Ahmadinejad's um.. circumstance:
"As one Iranian-American observer put it, using an indelicate Iranian expression, the leader has a saw in his posterior: he can't go forward and he can't go back. Unfortunately even to hold still looks excruciating..."
Secor, Laura."Protest Vote." The New Yorker: June 29, 2009.
"As one Iranian-American observer put it, using an indelicate Iranian expression, the leader has a saw in his posterior: he can't go forward and he can't go back. Unfortunately even to hold still looks excruciating..."
Secor, Laura."Protest Vote." The New Yorker: June 29, 2009.
4 comments:
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Ronnica said...
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Oh...wow. Thomas Jefferson had the expression of holding a wolf by the ears that means essentially the same thing, but this one's way more graphic, huh?
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July 7, 2009 at 12:49 PM
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Amy said...
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Any more knocking sounds...
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July 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM
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Christine said...
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damn. that's, um... damn.
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July 7, 2009 at 3:04 PM
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Melissa B. said...
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Yeah, either that or he frequently sits on a fire ant nest! And I have a question about his wardrobe...what's up with the leisure suit jackets? But sometimes he wears the nylon zip-up jackets that my grandpa used to wear fishing. Persian High Fashion, perhaps?
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July 7, 2009 at 7:03 PM
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4 comments:
Oh...wow. Thomas Jefferson had the expression of holding a wolf by the ears that means essentially the same thing, but this one's way more graphic, huh?
Any more knocking sounds...
damn. that's, um... damn.
Yeah, either that or he frequently sits on a fire ant nest! And I have a question about his wardrobe...what's up with the leisure suit jackets? But sometimes he wears the nylon zip-up jackets that my grandpa used to wear fishing. Persian High Fashion, perhaps?
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