Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: The Lesser Known Mubarak

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

11 February 2011

The Lesser Known Mubarak

Egypt has been in the news, specifically Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. We've heard a lot about Hosni Mubarak in recent days, the name of Hosni Mubarak has been on everyone's lips and Hosni Mubarak has been on every news site.

I have heard the name Hosni Mubarak many times.

So why is the name Lenny Mubarak going around and around in my head like an annoying song?

Lenny? Mubarak? Seriously?

Does this man look like a Lenny to you?

Umm, actually yes, I think he does a little bit.

"Eh Lenny, you whack that guy?"

"What do you mean, whack that guy? We just had a little conversation, we didn't agree, the conversation is over."

4 comments:

Andi said...: Oh my. I agree. He will be forever known as Lenny in my brain forever more...; 12 February, 2011 08:19
Allegro ma non troppo said...: Oh my, you're absolutely right. Now he sounds exactly like the sharks in Shark Tale.; 12 February, 2011 12:34
tinsenpup said...: And good on you, Lenny, for giving us the opportunity to be inspired by people power today.; 12 February, 2011 13:34
B said...: Hehehe - you crack me up! He does look like the violin case carrying type. Mmmmm, Lenny does suit him just fine too....; 12 February, 2011 21:30

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I came up with the pseudonym Givinya de Elba in highschool and it was based on a joke from an episode of Dad's Army called 'A Soldier's Farewell.'

In the episode, after eating too much toasted cheese, Captain Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. I don't remember much about the episode other than Mainwaring telling his loyal men (Jones, Pike and Godfrey) that he has been exiled to the island of Elba.

Jones quips, "Hence the expression - Givin' ya the Elber!" (giving you the elbow, i.e., pushing you around.) I thought that Givinya de Elba was a half-decent pseudonym for someone who likes to joke and push people around, and I stuck with that.

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11 February 2011

The Lesser Known Mubarak

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