U.K. leader can't view Obama's gift

[mkg265 2]

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The Outrage.

The Stupidity.

[Peikko 1,575]

Well, I for one am grateful that Mr Strike has his finger on the pulse of what's important.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

Do the 'how many fingers am I holding up?' test on him. If he doesn't give you the correct answer right away, you can bet he's a blind as a bat.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I am so glad I have your approval.

[Peikko 1,575]

Don't lie Mr Strike, you couldn't care less.

[mkg265 2]

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

Do the 'how many fingers am I holding up?' test on him. If he doesn't give you the correct answer right away, you can bet he's a blind as a bat.

That's exactly what I'll do with the UK Prime Minister. Then start looking for a new job the week after.

I'm getting daily calls from the secret service and the UK Consulate (30 UK C staff members are coming), and I had to call the president of the Provence of Florence office today because I'm the only Italian speaker on staff!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

Do the 'how many fingers am I holding up?' test on him. If he doesn't give you the correct answer right away, you can bet he's a blind as a bat.

That's exactly what I'll do with the UK Prime Minister. Then start looking for a new job the week after.

I'm getting daily calls from the secret service and the UK Consulate (30 UK C staff members are coming), and I had to call the president of the Provence of Florence office today because I'm the only Italian speaker on staff!

Well if that day happens to be Groundhog Day - you may as well

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

Do the 'how many fingers am I holding up?' test on him. If he doesn't give you the correct answer right away, you can bet he's a blind as a bat.

That's exactly what I'll do with the UK Prime Minister. Then start looking for a new job the week after.

I'm getting daily calls from the secret service and the UK Consulate (30 UK C staff members are coming), and I had to call the president of the Provence of Florence office today because I'm the only Italian speaker on staff!

I was kidding.

Seriously, that is awesome. Maybe try something more subtle, like wearing a low cut t-shirt that says Gordon Rocks. If he doesn't notice, then he's blind as a bat.

[mkg265 2]

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

Do the 'how many fingers am I holding up?' test on him. If he doesn't give you the correct answer right away, you can bet he's a blind as a bat.

That's exactly what I'll do with the UK Prime Minister. Then start looking for a new job the week after.

I'm getting daily calls from the secret service and the UK Consulate (30 UK C staff members are coming), and I had to call the president of the Provence of Florence office today because I'm the only Italian speaker on staff!

Well if that day happens to be Groundhog Day - you may as well

because it will repeat until I get it right?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

Do the 'how many fingers am I holding up?' test on him. If he doesn't give you the correct answer right away, you can bet he's a blind as a bat.

That's exactly what I'll do with the UK Prime Minister. Then start looking for a new job the week after.

I'm getting daily calls from the secret service and the UK Consulate (30 UK C staff members are coming), and I had to call the president of the Provence of Florence office today because I'm the only Italian speaker on staff!

Well if that day happens to be Groundhog Day - you may as well

because it will repeat until I get it right?

I think the guy who threw the egg at Prescott was experiencing that.

[HAL 9000 96]

The Outrage.

The Stupidity.

Yes, thank you for reminding all of us of your special gift.

I'm meeting Gordon Brown next week so I'll post how much vision he has.

I work for a University and he is visiting next week and we're planning the visit. It's him, M. Albright and Volcker plus some other big shots. The catering menu is Kansas bbq sandwiches and I think turkey pesto sandwiches.

Do the 'how many fingers am I holding up?' test on him. If he doesn't give you the correct answer right away, you can bet he's a blind as a bat.

That's exactly what I'll do with the UK Prime Minister. Then start looking for a new job the week after.

I'm getting daily calls from the secret service and the UK Consulate (30 UK C staff members are coming), and I had to call the president of the Provence of Florence office today because I'm the only Italian speaker on staff!

I was kidding.

Seriously, that is awesome. Maybe try something more subtle, like wearing a low cut t-shirt that says Gordon Rocks. If he doesn't notice, then he's blind as a bat.

Then blame some guy on a message board for whatever happens.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

[mkg265 2]

I have a better ASSet than my breasts. I'll just drop some papers or something.

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

Brown gave Obama some pretty cool gifts. Obama gave him a crappy gift in return... and they don't even work!!

The movie industry's digital protection schemes have turned President Obama's present for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown into little more than a set of coasters.

British newspapers earlier this month made hay out of the supposedly unequal exchange of gifts between the two leaders during Brown's visit to Washington. Brown gave an ornamental pen holder with an indirect tie to the Oval Office desk — both items were made from the timber of sister ships — and a first-edition set of a seven-volume biography about Winston Churchill.

Obama responded with a DVD set featuring 25 classic American movies. "About as exciting as a pair of socks," declared The Daily Mail.

Now it turns out Brown can't play the discs because of region-specific limitations, The Daily Telegraph reports.

DVD players are coded to limit themselves to material meant for specific geographic areas. The United States and Canada are Region 1. Western and Central Europe are Region 2.

Players sold in one region aren't supposed to play discs sold in another. Had the same sort of protection applied to Brown's gift, Obama would need a special key sold only in Europe to open the Churchill books.

People willing to experiment with hacks can go online to find relatively easy ways around region-coding prohibitions on discs. But a spokesman for the prime minister referred a Telegraph writer to the White House for "technical assistance."

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/...eader-cant.html

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=183187