Thursday 10 July 2008

Impressed.


I like to think I am reasonably well informed; I could name every UK Prime Minister since 1900 and each US President since about 1920, and I reckon I could bag 100 of the 245 countries in the world on a world map. I could make a reasonable impromptu minute-speech on feck all notice on a breadth of subjects and I'd recognise the President of Iran if he came into my local for a game of darts. All that said I had not heard of Ingrid Betancourt until this week but I had heard of FARC.

I think this is a top story with a bit of decency and hope whilst the rest of the world talks its way into economic gloom.

This woman has dignity and gravitas and if I had been chained up in the Colombian jungle for six years I don't think I'd be quite that measured and composed. Smart stuff. And she's not un-attractive.

Impressed.

4 comments:

minijonb said...

"Ingrid Betancourt" would make a great name for a rock band.

BS5 Blogger said...

Hi there - I reckon there's a better name to be had out of mixing up all the letters, and therefore a cool subliminal nod to said lady, hey?

minijonb said...

i see where your going. but how about "The Ingrid Betancourt Experience" as another option?

BS5 Blogger said...

Or Mother F.A.R.C.er?!