Donald Rumsfeld has admitted that his wife often needles him about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden - often just after they wake up.
"When I walk out of the bedroom in the morning, my wife frequently rolls over and says, 'Where's UBL?'" he said, referring to the spelling "Usama".
Mr Rumsfeld insisted the search for Bin Laden was as concentrated as ever.
Speaking to sailors and marines aboard the USS Essex in Singapore, Mr Rumsfeld did not reveal how he responds to his wife's teaser.
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"And then she rolls out of bed entirely and I GET BUSY!"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
OBL stars in Rumsfeld pillow talk
Since I can read that as "ODB stars in Rumsfeld pillow talk."
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago) link
"Mrs Rumsfeld, are you ready to blow UBL out of his dank, hairy cave?"
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
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yuck
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:28 (twenty years ago) link
Why did the term "pegging" just leap to mind?
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:35 (twenty years ago) link
Utterly ridiculous.
― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago) link
"Sweetums, we know UBL is out there somewhere, and we also know a few places where he isn't. But you know and I know that that leaves a heck of a lot of places to look.
"I can tell you, honeybuns, that we're doing everything in our power to find UBL and bring him to justice. Believe you me, I want him just as badly as you do. If I could make UBL appear just by snapping my fingers, would I do it? You bet I would!
"But we're all grown people here and we know that the tooth fairy doesn't exist. Believe you me, we've looked - hard - and all the available intel backs me up on that. So, let's all just wait and let our forces do their job, and stop being such babies about this, shall we?
"Now, roll over."
― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:14 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:21 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
(Regardless, I shall still make a "Donald Rumsfeld gettin' down on the nappy dugout" comment.)
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
Looks like he roughed her up a little. Weird that he'd send the Missus to commiserate.
― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:53 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 4 June 2004 17:54 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 June 2004 18:13 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 4 June 2004 18:14 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 4 June 2004 18:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 November 2004 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Saturday, 13 November 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 8 January 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 8 January 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 8 January 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago) link