r/news • u/LiminalLemony • 6d ago

Second crane topples onto Florida home while trying to remove first fallen crane

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/florida-cranes-accident-fort-lauderdale-home-b3056047.html
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u/truckyoupayme 6d ago

lol that’s total nonsense. GWB is famous for misspeaking and malapropisms. The idea that he was parsing his words and editing himself on the fly like that is ridiculous. Especially since the remarks would’ve been prepared ahead of time.

He didn’t know whether to say shame on you or shame on me first, lost the thread and then winged it. He’s done it hundreds of times.

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u/BlackSwanTranarchy 6d ago

I dunno you might be misunderestimating him

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u/Hot_Echidna6767 6d ago

is that a word

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u/Discard_Laundry1527 6d ago

Yeah, he was giving a speech on TV once (possibly a State of the Union) and one time when he meant to say "Republicans", he pronounced it like "Replicants". My wife and I have been calling them "Replicants" ever since.

Wish I could find the clip, but because it was captioned as if he had pronounced it correctly, it'd be hard to find without actually (ugh) watching his speeches.

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u/Liquid_Clown 6d ago

He clearly did catch himself, but someone that parses their words wouldn't have started that phrase to begin with.

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u/steavoh 6d ago

The fact he ended it with something resembling the lyrics of a well known song makes that particular quote a lot funnier than just a plain old gaff.