Uproar as Iran breaks UN nuclear seals
Iran has caused international uproar as it is set to defiantly break the remaining UN seals that are prohibiting a full nuclear programme.
UN Nuclear Seals: surprisingly effective
The UN has been using seals to ensure compliance with its lame and nugatory resolutions for many years. The deployment of cute-looking seals to guard certain facilities has been surprisingly successful. Past experiments with using 'trust' and 'making a bit of a fuss' have proved ineffective, particularly in the Middle East where the Israelis and Palestinians each treat the UNs multilateral flapping with equal contempt.
The Iranian move is not unique. International condemnation greets Canada's annual breaking of UN seals. The UN sends shoals of seals to Canada every year in an effort to enforce resolution 234(a)/12 that Canadians "shouldn't be so bloody annoyingly nice all the bloody time and should learn to say 'about' rather than 'aboot', the silly tossers."
Canadians: annoyingly nice all the time
UN Nuclear Seals: surprisingly effective
The UN has been using seals to ensure compliance with its lame and nugatory resolutions for many years. The deployment of cute-looking seals to guard certain facilities has been surprisingly successful. Past experiments with using 'trust' and 'making a bit of a fuss' have proved ineffective, particularly in the Middle East where the Israelis and Palestinians each treat the UNs multilateral flapping with equal contempt.
The Iranian move is not unique. International condemnation greets Canada's annual breaking of UN seals. The UN sends shoals of seals to Canada every year in an effort to enforce resolution 234(a)/12 that Canadians "shouldn't be so bloody annoyingly nice all the bloody time and should learn to say 'about' rather than 'aboot', the silly tossers."
Canadians: annoyingly nice all the time
Predictably I disagree. Canadians do say about, but they lengthen the 'u' sound. So it sounds, to the patient English ear, like "Aba-ooot". The Americans will refer to it as aboot, on account of their not having the patience to listen for tiny vowels. Many Canadians will pronounce about as 'environ', of course, but that's a different matter.
Anyway, seals are a nuisance, and chasing them with packs of dogs, while dressed in jackets made of red felt, is an age old canadian tradition.
Posted by
Matt |
Wed Aug 10, 12:37:00 pm
Also, please don't encourage Canadians not to be nice.
Posted by
Matt |
Thu Aug 11, 01:46:00 pm
You should at this point be declaring an interest...
Posted by
Ben |
Thu Aug 11, 01:55:00 pm