Plain English Awards - Rumsfeld Honoured

[junediamanti]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
> <june.diamanti at b...> wrote:
> > Today in London, the Plain English Campaign host their annual 
> awards.
> > 
> > Donald Rumsfeld sadly is unable to attend to receive in person 
> > the "Foot in Mouth" trophy, despite having beaten off strong 
> > competition from George W Bush and Britain's own Deputy Prime 
> > Minister, John Prescott.  
> > 
> > The award, for the single most confusing piece of public 
> gobbledegook 
> > is for the following cryptic remarks made to baffled journalists:
> > 
> > "Reports that say something hasn't happened are always 
interesting 
> to 
> > me because, as we know, there are known knowns - there are things 
> we 
> > know we know.  We also know there are known unknowns - that is to 
> say 
> > we know there are some things we do not know.  But there are also 
> > unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
> > 
> > Well deserved I say.
> 
> 
> What? I can't believe Rumsfeld won't be there in person for this 
> honor! I'm curious to hear what Bush and Prescott said that were in 
> the running with this one. lol-- June, any idea?
> 
> Jen, who read that...ah...*sentence* twice and can't make heads or 
> tails of it

No particular quotes from Bush and Prescott - just everything they 
say.

June