Monday, February 27, 2006

Police reveal how Bush can't wave and pedal at same time
By Arifa Akbar
Published: Independent Newspaper 27 February 2006

Extract from the police report:
"At about 1800 hours the President approached the junction at speed on the bicycle. The road was damp at the time. As the President passed the junction at speed he raised his left arm from the handlebars to wave to the police officers present while shouting 'thanks, you guys, for coming'.
"As he did this he lost control of the cycle, falling to the ground, causing both himself and his bicycle to strike [the officer] on the lower legs. [The officer] fell to the ground, striking his head."
The report goes on to divulge how the President skidded five metres along the road, after knocking down the constable, who was off duty for 14 weeks after the accident.
It reads: "The President continued along the ground for approximately five metres, causing himself a number of abrasions. The officers ... then assisted both injured parties." The injured officer received a phone call of apology from President Bush while he was on his way to Perth Royal Infirmary, where he was treated for damage to his ankle ligaments and issued with a pair of crutches. The cause was officially recorded as: "Hit by moving/falling object."

The 'can't wave & pedal' line is a variation of what Lyndon B Johnson said about another US President., Gerald Ford.

"Jerry Ford is so dumb that he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.”

Unfortunately the media changed the fart to walk to save the delicate US public from exposure to such a crude word, yes the same delicate flowers that nearly had a mass coronary after being exposed to one of Janet Jackson's nipples.
And you wondered why they voted for the cycling clown twice.

2 comments:

Rory Shock said...

excellent post ... I'd missed this one ... unfortunatly, as revealed at www.roryshock.blogspot.com, Bush CAN fart while engaging in matters of diplomacy ...

Rory Shock said...

okay, not only that, but I've done a whole post on the bike thing now ... and there's a link to you there, by the way ... thanks