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Syria dispute to be settled by awkward-silence contest.
Last edited Thu Sep 5, 2013, 05:42 PM - Edit history (1)
First leader to nervously blurt out some pleasantry to break the tension loses
Putin is an old hand at this, and often brings his own loudly ticking grandfather clock to international meetings.
But Obama is rumored to have been practicing the "Shatner" where you suddenly gesture broadly and open your mouth, but make no sound. This "fake" often causes the other world leader to say, "What?" before realizing you didn't speak.
Nixon and Mao, both masters of the game, once faced off for 4 hours, 23 minutes before Nixon blurted out, "Y'know, that Moo Goo Gai Pan is Pat's favorite." (That is how Red China came to replace Taiwan on the Security Council. True story.)
Putin is an old hand at this, and often brings his own loudly ticking grandfather clock to international meetings.
But Obama is rumored to have been practicing the "Shatner" where you suddenly gesture broadly and open your mouth, but make no sound. This "fake" often causes the other world leader to say, "What?" before realizing you didn't speak.
Nixon and Mao, both masters of the game, once faced off for 4 hours, 23 minutes before Nixon blurted out, "Y'know, that Moo Goo Gai Pan is Pat's favorite." (That is how Red China came to replace Taiwan on the Security Council. True story.)
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