they say the darndest things

do you ever wonder why is it that you bother to read the newspapers, when all it is filled with is news on politics, people killing each other, catastrophes here & there, or what brit-brit's latest shenanigans?

although i am not very much into politics (well yeah i read to be in the know ocassionally) & not bothered very much by political blogs, but of late i have been scouring the articles 'cos its brings on a chuckle or a laugh out loud moment. what makes me say so? well these are some of the excerpts of these smart-asses remarks that come straight from the horses' mouth. you be the judge....


"i heard he gave his statement to the aca and after that he was supposed to go to the kl police headquarters. but he went to his home instead of going to the ipk-kl, and he could not possibly be at the police headquarters at 2pm" - home minister datuk wan ahmad farid on why the police nabbed datuk seri anwar ibrahim before the 2pm deadline as agreed?


"we can do that too. if they really want to have war, we can show them war (to show our strength). we have thousands of mic youth (members). but they follow the law." - datuk seri samy vellu, describing the actions of demonstrators as 'war'


"the opposition can promise anything they want but the barisan government only makes promises they know they can keep. the barisan government is more realistic, we spend within our means" - datuk seri najib abdul razak


"nowhere in the history of the armed forces & police has the government given a 42% salary increment. the reward was for the struggles in maintaining peace & stability in the country" - datuk seri najib abdul razak


but somehow, i kind of miss our beloved datuk seri samy vellu. now that he is no longer active in the cabinet, we are somehow spared of the mindless things they shoot without thinking. he has been know to come up with hilarious remarks. i came across this here, one of which i thought extremely stupidly funny.


datuk sam: kita akan bina satu jambatan untuk orong-orong kampong di sini
pakcik: datuk sini takde sungai, buat apa bina jambatan?
datuk sam: kalau takde sungai, kita bina sungai!

maybe i'll go get amir muhammad's book (see pic).... and i'll add a column on the side of this blog & put in a quote a day. just for laughs!!!