Herr-Berbunch
02-16-14, 05:47 PM
Before there was Donald Rumsfeld with his -
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. - we, in Britain, had our very own Sir Humphrey Appleby*, Cabinet Secretary, with this little speech -
(Background, the PM wants to abolish orders for Trident and cruise missiles, instead keeping a useless Polaris whilst Sir Humphrey argues about the probability of the Russians knowing if the button would be pushed. Or not.)
http://youtu.be/cEo8sjnU8Jo?t=1m22s
I often forget how good these series are but started from the beginning, again, a few weeks ago. Brilliant scripts, brilliant acting, brilliant British comedy. :yeah:
*just acting, I'm sure the real things are just as good.
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. - we, in Britain, had our very own Sir Humphrey Appleby*, Cabinet Secretary, with this little speech -
(Background, the PM wants to abolish orders for Trident and cruise missiles, instead keeping a useless Polaris whilst Sir Humphrey argues about the probability of the Russians knowing if the button would be pushed. Or not.)
http://youtu.be/cEo8sjnU8Jo?t=1m22s
I often forget how good these series are but started from the beginning, again, a few weeks ago. Brilliant scripts, brilliant acting, brilliant British comedy. :yeah:
*just acting, I'm sure the real things are just as good.