If you are in the mood for levity it is hard to top the latest from the The Scotsman:
Scotland on Sunday has obtained remarkable details of one of the most memorably bizarre episodes of the Bush presidency: the day he crashed into a Scottish police constable while cycling in the grounds of Gleneagles Hotel.
The article has a very snarky attitude.
HE MAY be the most powerful man in the world, but proof has emerged that President George Bush cannot ride a bike, wave and speak at the same time.
Apparently the accident occurred when Bush, who was approaching a security detail at a high rate of speed on a wet road, took a hand of the handlebars to wave and say, ‘thanks, you guys, for coming’.
“As he did this he lost control of the cycle, falling to the ground, causing both himself and his bicycle to strike [the officer] on the lower legs. [The officer] fell to the ground, striking his head. The President continued along the ground for approximately five metres, causing himself a number of abrasions. The officers… then assisted both injured parties.”
The injured officer, who was not named, was whisked to Perth Royal Infirmary…At hospital, a doctor examined the constable and diagnosed damage to his ankle ligaments and issued him with crutches. The cause was officially recorded as: “Hit by moving/falling object.”
The constable missed fourteen weeks of work.
