resurrectionsong

September 29, 2003

Putin Angers the Greens

Russian President Putin angered Greens and global warming junkies everywhere when he made a joke about their favorite scientific theory.

"In Russia, you often hear, either as a joke or seriously, that Russia is a northern country and it would not be scary for it to be two or three degrees warmer," Putin said in an unexpected interjection at the conference.

"Maybe it would be good and we could spend less on fur coats and other warm things," he said.

Other delegates, who had earlier heard Putin snub U.N. pleas for Russia to set a date to ratify the Kyoto protocol, a key pact which aims to cut emissions of greenhouse gases across the world, did not see the funny side.

"Climate change is the biggest and most serious environmental threat we face," said Norwegian Environment Minister Boerge Brende.

Silly, silly President Putin.

Global warming obsessors don't have anything resembling a sense of humor.

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Posted by zombyboy at September 29, 2003 12:15 PM | TrackBack

Comments

Yet with all their fear of global warming, it is so easy to raise their temper(ature), no?
Shoot, they probably get steamed if you mention the US is a melting pot, too.
Maybe if you encounter a raging volcano of eco-anger, you can just say, "O, zone out for a while or something."

Posted by: nathan at September 29, 2003 12:30 PM

Damn, I'm glad Nathan's warmed back up. He has such a stylish way of cutting through the smog and getting to the engine of the issue.

Posted by: Deb at September 29, 2003 12:34 PM

Yeah, that's a pretty lame effort, but look at it this way: I *could* have trolled it, instead...

Posted by: Deb at September 29, 2003 12:36 PM

ResurrectionSong: FauxTrolls and Bad Punsters welcome here.

Posted by: zombyboy at September 29, 2003 01:23 PM

Er, is there really any such thing as a good pun?

Posted by: Deb at September 29, 2003 01:33 PM

Yes there is, I like the old S&W Model 29 myself...OH! sorry, you said pun. Which this isn't.

Posted by: JonT at September 29, 2003 02:54 PM

Oh, God, Nathan might have a new friend in punning...

Posted by: zombyboy at September 29, 2003 02:58 PM

Have pun, will travel, I always say

...cuz people are always kicking you out of the area, I guess.

Posted by: nathan at September 29, 2003 04:45 PM