"Bollocks" is a word that doesn't enjoy wide usage in the United States. That's a shame, as it's really useful.
Say, for example, you're Ralph Nader. You've just seen An Inconvenient Truth and it's made you reflect that if you hadn't split the vote in 2000, America would have been governed, for at least one term, by Al Gore - a man seriously committed to tackling climate change. But because you did split the vote, America wound up with a Commander-in-Chief who, shall we say, is not enthusiastic about environmental matters. As an American you have no convenient two-syllable word to chant as you beat your head against the cinema wall in bitter self-recrimination for being the first great dickhead of the new millennium.
For a Brit it would be no problem: bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks.
tags: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Ralph Nader, global warming
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on Friday, September 29, 2006 at 12:07 PM. Say, for example, you're Ralph Nader. You've just seen An Inconvenient Truth and it's made you reflect that if you hadn't split the vote in 2000, America would have been governed, for at least one term, by Al Gore - a man seriously committed to tackling climate change. But because you did split the vote, America wound up with a Commander-in-Chief who, shall we say, is not enthusiastic about environmental matters. As an American you have no convenient two-syllable word to chant as you beat your head against the cinema wall in bitter self-recrimination for being the first great dickhead of the new millennium.
For a Brit it would be no problem: bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks.
tags: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Ralph Nader, global warming
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