Sexist and homophobic too...

[tcpip]

We had a parting luncheon for Senior Advisor Ambassador Kaldir from Malaysia. Our esteemed Noble peace-prize winning Minister, Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta opened his speech to the assembled staff with the words.

"Don't cry. Crying is for gays and women".

(1pm, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, June 5).

Honestly, why do I even bother?

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Tch! If you are going to quote, you should at least get it right!

[francarr.livejournal.com]

"Crying is for babies, little girls and men who have just had their ears ripped off." Oobi-Do Ben-Oobi

Re: Tch! If you are going to quote, you should at least get it right!

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

OK, that's way too obscure, especially for me. Where's it from?

Must say it brought a smile to a visage that has otherwise been rather grim this afternoon.

Re: Tch! If you are going to quote, you should at least get it right!

[francarr.livejournal.com]

Glad I could do a little to help : ) The quote is from "Thumb Wars" a "Star Wars" parody where the actors are thumbs, and the story is ever so slightly skewed. Oobi-Doo Ben-Oobi is the man with the silliest name in the galaxy, (his full name is Oobi-Doo Scoobi-Doo Ben-Oobi), and he is the mentor of Loke Groundrunner and teaches him in the Way of the Thumb...it gets worse after that...

Re: Tch! If you are going to quote, you should at least get it right!

[horngirl.livejournal.com]

Good lord... that brought back some vague semblance of a memory. I think I've seen that!