Depends on What You Mean by 'Have' -- Steve Martin mocks Bush

[Merlin]

So if you're asking me did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction, I'm saying, well, it all depends on what you mean by "have."

See, I can "have" something without actually having it. I can "have" a cold, but I don't own the cold, nor do I harbor it. Really, when you think about it, the cold has me, or even more precisely, the cold has passed through me. Plus, the word "have" has the complicated letter "v" in it. It seems that so many words with the letter "v" are words that are difficult to use and spell. Like "verisimilitude." And "envelope."

And how do I know you're not saying "halve?" "Did Iraq halve weapons of mass destruction?" How should I know? What difference does it make? That's a stupid question.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/08/opinion/08MART.html?ex=1061316114&ei=1&en=ea03499c505da817

[NJCher]

1. this is an actual op-ed piece in the Times!

Thanks, Steve, for helping keep this on the frontburner.

Very funny piece.


Cher