FW: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTING

[Ad Huikeshoven]

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Lijsters,

Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, de heer Jozias van Aartsen (VVD),
voormalig Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij, is terug uit
Washington. Een verslag van zijn bezoek (op uitnodiging van Colin
Powell) aan de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken van de Verenigde Staten
van Amerika is heden te lezen in de NRC het Handelsblad.

Met vriendelijke groeten,

Ad Huikeshoven
Vondelstraat 33
2513 EN  's-Gravenhage
telefoon/fax +31(070)3608510

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Ad Huikeshoven [mailto:adhuikeshoven at wanadoo.nl]
Verzonden: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:27 PM
Aan: 'President at whitehouse.gov'; 'pm-eng at israel.gov.il'; 'pgd at planet.nl'
CC: Jean au Coin; 'Ronny Naftaniel (cidi at cidi.nl)'; 'Hanneke
Gelderblom'; 'nienke.trooster at minbuza.nl'; 'barbara.coolen at minbuza.nl'
Onderwerp: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTING

POWELL: Nice to meet you mr. Van Aartsen, have a cup of coffee?
VANAARTSEN: Full gladly and gladly full.  Cup of tea please, Sir. You
know you can call me Jozias, Sir.
POWELL: This is not a literature class with Uncle Fernand, Jozias. Don't
Sir me, call me Colin. With milk, I presume?
VANAARTSEN: Some members of our congressional party do like literature
best. Some honey with the tea, please, Colin. Please do pour in the milk
first, like the British do.
POWELL: A cup of hot milk with plenty of tea, though this isn't a Tea
Party, Jozias. Add the honey yourself, as much As You Like It, Jozias.
VANAARTSEN: Thank you Sir.
POWELL: Again Jozias, don't Sir me.
VANAARTSEN: Peace brother.
POWELL: That's right boy, that's right. Let's talk about Peace.
VANAARTSEN: Thought I'd to come, cause Saddam concentrated his troops
near the Saudi border.
POWELL: That's right Jozias. Wanna topple the culprit in our War against
Terrorism.
VANAARSTEN: As You Like It.
POWELL: Forget about the bard, while I'm mentioning Tolstoy.
VANAARTSEN: It isn't the confession of A portrait of the artist as a
young man.War and Peace, great story. Napoleon finding his Waterloo.
POWELL: We're not here to discuss the invasions of Russia centuries ago.
VANAARTSEN: Excuse me, Colin, just teasing. I know very well you like
Anna Karenina much better. Beatrice and Benedick wouldn't they marry at
last?
POWELL: It's either a marriage or a divorce, I can't remember which one
exactly.
VANAARTSEN: The holy see at Rome opposes divorcing.
POWELL: When in Rome, do as the Romans do. We're not in Rome, do you?
VANAARTSEN: Never again a Mezada, if that's what you're hinting at, are
you?
POWELL: Mezada? We're far away from Mezada. How come you're mentioning
that place?
VANAARTSEN: Weisglas, our spokesman on foreign affairs, being a jewish
M.P. promised once on top .
POWELL: Thought the place to be the favorite summer pick-nick spot for
the Palestinians.
VANAARTSEN: Really? Anyway, there is no such thing like the Jewish
Nation as a Palestinian Nation.
POWELL: You're mistaken your hat for a wife. They got to share the land
one way or the other.
VANAARTSEN: Beg your pardon. Now you are getting off topic. We're still
discussing Iraq.
POWELL: We're not gonna pardon anyone after 9-1-1, or you end up being a
target yourself.
VANAARTSEN: We hosted the conference on ICC last week, Colin. Ratify the
treaty or blame civilization yourself. Under Dutch criminal law it is
not illegal to talk with someone.
POWELL: We wouldn't care less about Dutch Law.
VANAARTSEN: The Mayfair (q.v.) crew departed from the City of Leyden.
POWELL: Arafat got to say those six words, exactly those six words. And
don't forget you owe your liberty to us.
VANAARTSEN: Sixty-Six is just a number in The Netherlands.
POWELL: Isn't there a third way to a marriage or a divorce?
VANAARTSEN: The third way? The third coming is more likely.
POWELL: Leave out the girl who screwed our job in Leninberg while I was
busy somewhere else.
VANAARTSEN: How do you feel about polo these days? A lot of horses for a
kingdom.
POWELL: The scrum in American Football is more like my cup of tea. The
game outperforms basketball or tennis as a spectator sport.
VANAARTSEN: Trade and commerce again. Better rules for ads.
POWELL: What did Vandenbroek propose while he was in office?
VANAARTSEN: You might know better. Somebody doesn't mind to be like
Luxemburg in a Benelux.
POWELL: I beg your pardon.
VANAARTSEN: Belgium .
POWELL: A strange country with six parliaments .
VANAARTSEN: Exactly, Colin. One federational, one Flemish speaking, one
French speaking, one German speaking .
POWELL: German speaking, I don't understand.
VANAARTSEN: The Belgier have their own parliament in Eupen-Malmedy.
POWELL: You know very well the jewish fear to be toppled by the Arabs in
the Knesseth.
VANAARTSEN: Got the picture? Jerusalem as the capital of the Holy Land.
Fear no one, but G*d.
POWELL: G*d bless America.

Yours truly,

Ad Huikeshoven
Vondelstraat 33
2513 EN  's-Gravenhage
telefoon/fax +31(070)3608510

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