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ninty · **The Foot in Mouth award -** 12-02-2003, 08:17 PM

This award, which we first gave in 1993, is for a truly baffling comment.
The 2003 winner is United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for comments in a press briefing.

'Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.'

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/footinmouth.html

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	The Foot in Mouth award - 12-02-2003, 08:17 PM This award, which we first gave in 1993, is for a truly baffling comment. The 2003 winner is United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for comments in a press briefing. 'Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.' http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/footinmouth.html