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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 10:47 PM
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Let's pretend that Bush were brilliant.
Edited on Sat Jul-09-05 10:55 PM by brainshrub
This is from "The Onion"

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4127&n=1

Bush Regales Dinner Guests With Impromptu Oratory On Virgil's Minor Works

WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush delighted an intimate gathering of White House dinner guests Monday, regaling the coterie of dignitaries, artists, and friends with a spirited, off-the-cuff discussion of the Roman poet Virgil's lesser-known works.

"Ah, W. was in top form tonight," Spanish foreign minister Josep Pique Camps said. "We were all held captive by his erudition and charm. First, a brief history of the opium trade, then a bit of Brahms on the piano, then a rousing discussion of Virgil. That boy is a wonder, isn't he?"

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Bush then recited a selection from The Bucolics in the original Latin, pausing occasionally to translate into French out of respect for his friend Amélie du Maurier, a young Parisian concert violinist in attendance. Earlier in the evening, a blushing du Maurier admitted to Bush that she did not know Latin. Bush eased the young woman's embarrassment with a joke.

"I wouldn't be surprised if your father forbade you from learning Latin, out of sheer distaste for res publica," said Bush, alluding to du Maurier's ancestors' place in the ousted French aristocracy.

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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 10:49 PM
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1. LOL
Oh my God... the title alone made laugh!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 10:51 PM
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2. Did I suffer a serious trauma injury to my brain
:shrug:

My imagination is NOT that creative!
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