Exception to Tharoor
Did anyone catch Shashi Tharoor on the Colbert Report, last night? The man was dignified, but subdued. Although Colbert tried to sarcastically-lapel pin accusations to Tharoor's coat, Tharoor took it in stride.
One of his responses was world-class, when he was askedhe quoted Charles Talleyrand-Perigord as saying, "The only thing you can't do with a bayonet is sit on it!"
3 comments:
Ok, you and I both know that before this episode you had no idea that someone called "Charles Talleyrand-Perigord" existed..
And that you CLEARLY Google/Wikipedia'ed this by using the quote to find the name/spelling/bio of the French man with the polysyllabic name..
Just want to dispel any myths about you being a clever and cultured know-it-all :P
(vishal's bubble of pseudo-intellect, coated with fast-fingers and knowledge of existence of wikipedia to create perception of culture and cleverness)
meets
xinu with hairpin
(poof)
fyi - i didn't google him. he mentioned that he was quoting him on the show. i had closed-captioning on. hmph.
Closed Captioning! Hmpft! How bourgeois!
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