FLASH: EXCLUSIVE: WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS GET INTO FRACAS AT VATICAN... DEVE

[brettdale]

www.rawstory.com

[CottonBear]

1. I wonder what the heck the 'fracas' is all about. Odd.

:popcorn:

[gkhouston]

2. fighting over who gets to open the door for Helen Thomas?

:rofl:

[tanyev]

4. Ooh, a fracas. That's a word that needs to be used more often.

[myrna minx]

6. I agree...do you think it broke out into a full fledged melee?

:hi:

[tanyev]

7. Maybe it turned into a dance rumble!

[myrna minx]

8. If only we had MORE dance rumbles!

:spray:

[gkhouston]

9. well, it sounds so much more dignified than

food fight. I guess they didn't like the grape jello with lima beans. They really should feed the WH press corps better...

[Wilber_Stool]

3. Sounds like they're luck she didn't have

a ruler.

[karlrschneider]

5. Only a fracas? Not a donnybrook, melee, scuffle or a dustup?

:D

[helderheid]

10. LOL

[Ian David]

12. Day pissed-off da Blue Penguin

The press pool was in the charge of a nun, attired in blue, who could not conceive of ABC’s Ann Compton taking a laptop into the palace. The reporters had been told to bring their stuff with them because they would be running to catch the motorcade as Mrs. Bush departed. “Leave it to a colleague outside,” the nun said insistently. “You don’t need a computer.” “Finally, the nun did away with diplomacy and said, “There is no way.” An Associated Press reporter from Rome (whose uncanny hearing and generosity are responsible for some of the quotes above) asked about a tape recorder. “Absolutely no recorder in the library of the pope,” the nun replied, then clicked her tongue reprovingly, as if in a movie. Even the back halls of the Vatican have marble floors and art on the wall. The nun hurried reporters along one of the narrow corridors saying, “That’s the way.” At one point, scolding your pooler for an unintentional and mysterious infraction, she said, “You understand English? Do you prefer me to use Latin? Spanish? Italian? No more ‘Yes, ma’am’! I will call a Swiss Guard and have you removed” She carried a black, portfolio-like bag. Apparently deciding the sin was not venial, she granted absolution by reaching in her bag and handing over a color map and a fact sheet, with a businesslike smile.

More:
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Exclusive_Time_ABC_reporters_called_out_0209.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Did this nun smack the reporters across the knuckles with a ruler?

[Ian David]

14. I think he told her, "We're on a mission from gawd." n/t

[Steve A Play]

11. I heard it was a Broo ha ha!

Or it happenned after a couple of them! But that was on FOX. :shrug:

Broo-ha-ha recipe

Steven P. :kick: