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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Did anyone catch that line from Rumsfeld(?) #41448 09/12/2001 2:41 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I think it was Rumsfeld in the 6:00 press conference? Something like "Shining the flashlight of ________ on the footprints of ______". I have converted it into "Shining the flashlight of metaphor on the footprints of purple prose," but I'd like to remember the original. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Did anyone catch that line from Rumsfeld(?) #41449 09/14/2001 5:07 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Faldage, I now think of this every time one of my metaphors is in danger of biting its own bum! But you didn't get an answer yet? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Did anyone catch that line from Rumsfeld(?) #41450 09/14/2001 5:14 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 No answer yet. I've looked for a transcript of the press conference as has AnnaS with no luck. Whatever it was was worse than my so-called parody (the Harry Golden Rule in action). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,380 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,206 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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