Try Explaining a ‘Googly’ to Him
It seems that Dubya might have great taste in sports:
US President George W Bush said this week “I’m a cricket match person” - and he’ll have a chance to show it at a cricket event during his brief upcoming trip to Pakistan.Details were hard to come by, but White House aides said on Friday that Bush was expected to mingle with cricket-playing children and meet of the sport’s professional players during his stop in Pakistan.It was unclear whether the US president, a avid baseball fan, would bat or bowl.“It is planned as an opportunity for him to watch and learn a little bit about it. But, you know, who knows what he’ll do?” said Bush national security adviser Stephen Hadley. “I have not asked him.”
However, I suspect that Dubya is not a “cricket match person” at all, but rather just “not a Bollywood” person:
The president himself left no doubt that he’d rather play cricket than see a Bollywood movie, telling reporters on Wednesday that given the choice: “I’m a cricket match person.”“As I understand it, I may have a little chance to learn something about cricket. It’s a great pastime,” he said.
Heck, if you gave me the choice between watching an opera or baseball, even I would go with baseball.
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
