it's not politics, i swear

[rone]

In a punishingly inane AP article on CNN.com, this quote stood out in its baffling nonsequiturness:

Bush wrote back to wish Miers a happy 52nd birthday, telling her that he appreciated her friendship and to "never hold back your sage advice." He ended with a postscript: "No more public scatology."

There is nothing in the rest of the article that explains this remark.  It's just... o_O.

Comments

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

He probably meant "Know more public scatology."

Hope this helps.

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

I read the article again; I get the distinct impression that neither of them is a native speaker of English.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

This person's theory (http://domoni.com/me/2005/10/no_more_public_scatology.html) suggests you're right; they're speaking Texan.

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

He and Miers probably just enjoy trying to identify which Congresscritters have crapped on the White House lawn recently by examining their feces.

John McCain: hard little pellets
Ted Kennedy: filled with undigested corn and fiber
Hillary Clinton: very smelly, typically hidden under small pile of leaves
Robert Byrd: incredibly long turds
Tom DeLay: tremendous steaming pile

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Fæcospices!

What a dilemma!

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

What is she to do when the clear course would be to recommend eating sage to make your poop less stinky?

Uh-oh, time to go home and break out the Fred Frith albums.