With the boss traveling on business to Asia it was atypically quiet at work today, and I actually had a chance to catch up with the news. I was reading up on the Israel-Palestine summit that the President is hosting (Hal Lindsey's head must be ready to explode), and came across this piece in The Washington Post: "Iran: The Uninvited Wildcard in Mideast Talks."
Quote: "Iran will be the 5,000-pound elephant in the room, even though it's not present," said former U.S. peace negotiator Aaron David Miller.
Now, as regular readers of my blog know, I am a big fan of Animal Planet. I may not be a pachydermatologist, or whatever they're called, but I thought, "Hmmm." So I did a little research.
It turns out an adult male African elephant can weigh around 14,000 pounds.
Just thought I'd point that out. Elephants, yeah!
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So Iran's basically a little baby elephant. Like Dumbo!
Although I'm fond of elephants, I think I prefer the moon (and cheese and zeppelins and kelp and moose and deer and marmots and all the fluffy animals).
and here I thought "llama llama duck" was disturbing ...
Is that like "duck duck goose"?
no, although like many a childhood game, kids find funny what adults find vaguely disturbing ...
here it is (I had to go find the link):
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
Yes. I see your point now.
I think a pachydermatologist studies how much one can stuff into one's own skin.
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