From Reuters in Beijing: Ten days into what have become marathon talks to end the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, weary delegates from six countries have gulped down 2,000 cups of coffee to keep themselves awake.
Beating back the summer heat, thirsty delegates from the two Koreas, the United States, Russia, Japan and host China have also consumed 5,000 bottles of mineral water, Qing Gang, spokesman for the Chinese delegation, told reporters on Thursday.
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Roger,
How the Atomic Bombs…
Did you mean hold? Has that Dodgsonesque quality otherwise.
Chuck:
Beer for breakfast
Beer for lunch
Beer in the middle
He calls it brunch
(That, or Foster Brooks is guest blogging today…)
How much caviar and champagne have they consumed?
An international delegate’s work is never done…
What I wanna know is how the Chinese are disippating all the BTUs generated by all that hot air. Where’re the global warming attack dogs when you need ‘em?
Spending a penny won’t make much difference. It will take dropping a dime to move those talks forward.
6 delegations,10 days, 2000 cups. Uhhh, that’s 33 cups/delegation/day. Thank you Reuters for this shattering report on snarfing at the coffee trough. No detail too small. That’s why I don’t pay for such dreck.
Thanks, Roger, for introducing me to a new euphemism. Never heard it before.
Wikipedia has a long list of them. My favorite – “shaking hands with the vicar”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhouse_humor