No doubt about it:
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
is still more fun to say
than Yo-Yo Ma—the
protestations of a
billion plus Chinamen
notwithstanding…¹
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¹unless you like saying Yo-Yo Ma better. In which case, simply switch the order of proper names in the poem and change the line “biillion plus Chinamen” to “a truckload of angry Egyptians.”
Go on, give it a shot: Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
It’s better than most of the nuts in can of premium mixed nuts.
Well, certainly those Brazil nuts.
I’ll bet Yo (X2) can piss away money better than Boutros (X2) can play cello.
That’s all I’m saying.
Well this is just f’in great! You just spoiled the foul mood I’ve been luxuriating in all day. Thanks a hell of a lot!
Seriously. Thanks.
Me? I would have gone with “The Love Song of J. Alfred Boutros-Boutros Ghali”…….but you’re the professional blogger here, so I’ll defer to your judgement.
Did you know that “Boutros” means “Peter”?
I wonder if “Ghali” means “Pumpkin Eater”?
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The devil made me do it!
Yo-Yo Ma!
Yo Mama!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
What a quality name. And it’s even more fun to see on a t-shirt….
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