More tea, Swampy?
aah, those delicate, genteel Brits....
Apparently all those footie riots have been good practice.
WHEN 35 Greenpeace protesters stormed the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) yesterday they had planned the operation in great detail.
What they were not prepared for was the post-prandial aggression of oil traders who kicked and punched them back on to the pavement. ...“They grabbed us and started kicking and punching. Then when we were on the floor they tried to push huge filing cabinets on top of us to crush us.” ...
“We bit off more than we could chew. They were just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs,” one protester said, rubbing his bruised skull. “I’ve never seen anyone less amenable to listening to our point of view.”
Another said: “I took on a Texan Swat* team at Esso last year and they were angels compared with this lot.” Behind him, on the balcony of the pub opposite the IPE, a bleary-eyed trader, pint in hand, yelled: “Sod off, Swampy.”
...Greenpeace had hoped to paralyse oil trading at the exchange ...
*[The Texas Rangers are spinning in their graves… *sigh* -e-C]
What continues to strike me is “protesters” acting as if none of us have already heard their “point of view,” evaluated it for its merits and found it to be utter rot. That is a symptom of the belief: “If only you really listened to me you would, of course, agree with me.” That is based on the presupposition that “I am, of course, always Right.”
Brought to you by the “open minded,” “reality-based” “community.”
[why “yes” those “are” sneer quotes, thankyouforasking...]
My, you’ve been busy. Me too. Still, I can’t find anybody willing to translate “sod off, Swampy” in to American.
Posted by HelenW on 02/22/05 at 07:08 PMIt’s the genteel, British way of saying,
“F*** Off you EnviroWeenie!”
Posted by Claire on 02/23/05 at 09:42 AMActually, as I sent to Claire, a “swampy” seems to refer an inhabitant of Sheppey.
Posted by AnnoyedOne on 02/23/05 at 12:13 PM
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