Dumb Quotes That Say A Lot

This page provides quotations on things people said - and often wish they didn't - with comments when they are available.
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1. Reference: Bernard Trinks's Nite owl column:

"The column was one of the most popular on the Bangkok Post's website, on average, 30,000 readers logged on to digest it every week. But the Post has decided to drop it. Said editor Veera Prateepchaikul:'Do you want something that's modern, or something from 30-40 years ago?'"

Comment: The problem with Thai editors taking over the Bangkok Post is that they don't have a native's grasp of what humor is and who likes to read it. That 30,000 readers a week tuned in to read Nite Owl (which I would do if it were still there!) says a lot about not what's old or new, but what's popular. The Bangkok Post's Thai editors were telling everyone, "You read what we give you to read." It's a wonder why they don't find anything wrong with the Wizard of Id, by the way, that is certainy guilty of lese majesty a thousand times over...

2. "On Monday morning's "Bill Bennett's Morning in America" radio show, Senator John McCain said, 'There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today,' when asked to highlight something positive about what American forces have been able to accomplish in Iraq."

Comment: We are not sure what neighborhoods the Senator had in mind. Rather than backtrack and just admit that he made a pretty stupid statement, McCain tried to spin his hallucination into a modified "ahem!." It didn't work. One observer said that McCain might be able to do it because he had half the US and Iraqi armies with him.