Mudcat Café message #2914161

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Thread #129722 Message #2914161
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
25-May-10 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Famous Understatements
Subject: BS: Famous Understatements

Two recent 'understatements' caught my attention. There should be many throughout written history where well-known people are quoted.

Please give reference with quote. Two to start:

Tony Hayward, CEO, BP group-
-The Gulf spill "is very, very modest"
Guardian 13 May 2010 and Bloomberg, 18 May 2010.
-"We made a few little mistakes early on."
Guardian 13 May 2010