Have you ever heard something that a politician or a celebrity has said and think "what?". I have, on many occasions. Ive often wondered how some people in such prestigious positions can say something that is so obviously stupid but then I think about all the times I've said something that hasn't quite made sense, I'm sure we've all been in those situations. The ones where you're face turns into a bright red tomato and the only thing you want to do is pray that no one says anything about your comment. Now can you imagine that happening and having the whole world watching?
There is only one man on this planet I do not feel any sympathy for when it comes to Gobbledegook and I'm sure you can all guess who I'm talking about, some people can make mistakes when talking but others clearly have no idea what they are talking about half the time. George W Bush, enough said.
But in the spirit of a light hearted and funny blog I'm putting the top ten list from Telegraph.co.uk for Gobbledegook on my blog, I had a good laugh at these and some of them I spent some time trying to figure out exactly what point they were trying to get across, here they are:
1. George W Bush, August 5 2004: ''Our enemies are innovative and resourceful and so are we. ''They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.''
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger, election campaign, 2003: ''I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.''
3. Donald Rumsfeld, Department of Defence news briefing, February 12, 2002: ''Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
''We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
''But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.''
4. Murray Walker, motor racing commentator: ''The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.''
5. John Motson, football commentator: ''For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are playing in yellow.''
6. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister's question time, July 1 2009: ''Total spending will continue to rise and it will be a zero per cent rise in 2013-14.''
7. Bill Clinton, during his 1998 grand jury testimony about Monica Lewinsky: ''It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is.
''If 'is' means 'is and never has been' that's one thing – if it means 'there is none', that was a completely true statement.''
8. Eric Cantona, footballer, press conference, 1995: ''When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.''
9. George W Bush, Rome, July 22, 2001: ''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe – I believe what I believe is right.''
10. Boris Johnson, Have I Got News for You, 2003: ''I could not fail to disagree with you less.''
Classic.....
