No, Parsanlal, no

The Honourable Information Minister, Mr
Parsanlal, had a righteous rant against the media for claiming he
controlled microphones in the weekly briefings. One understands his
wrath if the media got it wrong, but he still leaves me confused. He
says he's the moderator but he doesn't control the mics. If you don't
control who can ask what next, are you sure you're the moderator?

Apart from refusing to divulge who decided to turn off the mic, he
then says he moves on when he feels the reporters' questions are
clearly answered (taken with Minister Mariano Browne's directive to
study economics, that's two ministers now who think our media are
blathering idiots). So he gives the impression he knows what a clear
answer is. When asked if the Government had set a date for the Local
Government polls, he replies: "Election dates are the prerogative of
the Prime Minister."

Perfect answer to another question. This is like my wife asking me
if I put the garbage out and I reply: "Putting the garbage out is the
prerogative of your husband."

Are these clear answers, Mr Parsanlal? Why couldn't you just say: "No."

Edmund Gall

London

That is also like a coolie asking, "where meh jockey shorts?" and I replying, "Tiefing jockey shorts, ole slippers, yard fowl, goat feed and the milk from yuh morning coffee is the focking prerogative of the nigger." 

Yeah Parsanlal. Of course. And that "mic" yuh controlling is not really a balisier shaped dildo. Yeah Parsanlal. Of-focking-course not.