Friday, August 15, 2008
White-Spunner on the Job
Today is a gift that keeps on giving. I learn that our commander in Iraq is called Major General Barney White-Spunner. The chest swells. With White-Spunner at the front, what hope could there ever have been for those insurgent johnnies?
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I sat next to him at a dinner last year. He was very thoughtful and humane.
ReplyDeleteThere are two ways a truly enlightened and superior nation can be defined. One, it has a general called Barney White-Spunner, and two, he is very thoughtful and humane.
ReplyDeleteWhich leaves you with the UK. And that’s about right.
does he talk in short sentences too?
ReplyDeleteI say. Look here. You there.
Barney is a strange choice of name for a nob. Isn't that the name of Dubya's dog?
is he a member of the Drone's Club?
ReplyDeleteIt's the name of a purple dinosaur beloved by American toddlers. Equivalent in the U.K. would be one of the Teletubbies. "Tinky Winky White-Spunner" does have a certain ring to it, I must say.
ReplyDeleteIt astounds me that people can pass comment on a man’s name, for whom they have never met!
ReplyDeleteI had the pleasure to work under Maj Gen White-Spunner as a Trooper, Lance Corporal & Lance Corporal of Horse within the Blues and Royals.
A fine man, leader and gent, who I am sure is more than capable of looking after our soldiers in Iraq.