Mark Steyn: 'Swear to me, Paul, that you'll carry our secret to his grave'

The Telegraph ^ | November 01 2003 | Mark Steyn

[knighthawk]

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Veddy inside baseball, British politics and all.

[Bob]

Veddy inside baseball, British politics and all.

I guess you had to have been there. Sorry but I missed most of it.

[Lando Lincoln]

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[TommyDale]

Don't feel bad, I think I missed the entire point. What was it?

[jocon307]

"Veddy inside baseball..."

Shouldn't that be inside Cricket?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I missed 90%. It's a apparently a parody of the recent revelations by Diana's butler set to the music of recent British political and cultural events. I, for one, do not know or really care what a CBE is.

[Cicero]

CBE = Commander of the British Empire, an award commonly given to aristocratic twits.

Much of the latter part of the column concerns the pathetic doings of the Tory party, who have just fired their leader and will probably replace him with somebody even worse.

[Pokey78]

Thanks for the pings!

[Dog]

I wish MadIvan was here to translate this for us...

[Little Bill]

England hasn't been the same since the Hanover Rats took over, glad we got out before that.

[irv]

the really sly ones, like Alan Dershowitz

One line proves it's parody. And quite weird, at that!

[mylife]

Is Mark on a Bender?

[mylife]

Where is MadIvan?....You'd think he could visit from time to time

[fat city]

What does this mean? Is this like Finnegans Wake or something?

[cajungirl]

I loved Mad Ivan but he has disappeared into the ether.

[freedumb2003]

Any idea where MI went?

I DEFINITELY need him for this one -- it is gibberish to me (and I usually LOVE Steyn).

[Queen Jadis]

big HUH? I didn't get it either...i even thought that perhaps some of the article did not get posted, so i went to original source but could not find it there either.

[Queen Jadis]

I know! That was the only reason i clicked on it. (in english accent) Has heee gown mad?