Fiona's commentary on the Alito Confirmation hearings

[pegkerr]

Fiona came into my office while I was watching this clip on the Alito hearings. Fiona asked what I was watching, and I said, "Well, these senators are sparring a bit over Mr. Alito, who is being considered as a candidate for the Supreme Court."

Fiona considered for a moment, and then said, "Except not with helmets and pads and fists."

I had a sudden beautiful mental image of Specter and Kennedy squaring off for a kick-butt round in our sensei's dojo, and nodded regretfully. "Except not with helmets and pads and fists."

Too bad.

Edited to add: An account of a theoretical match is here. Thanks to minnehaha B for the link.

Comments

[dejaspirit.livejournal.com]

*snerk* That'll be in my head for a while...

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine who is pretty serious about fencing has inadvertently learned to use "fence" as a synonym for "compete", and thus could accidentally talk about the Red Sox fencing the Yankees. To which another friend remarked that she'd pay to see that! :)

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Please thank Fiona for that wonderful mental image. How brilliant that would be!

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Then this is for you.

B

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaha! Thanks for the link!