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frogmarch

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6. To many people it’s obvious

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 04:32 PM

Jan 2013

he was joking. If he wasn’t joking, after the interview he probably gave the interviewer a good talking to about manners, and how it’s considered rude to chuckle and snicker when a former president reveals top secret information on television to a TV journalist.

The joke was that he was saying preposterous things with a straight face. He wasn’t speaking the truth with a straight face, hoping that what he said would be perceived somehow as a joke.

It was just the standard, run-of-the-mill “Our leaders each get two briefcases containing top-secret information on resident ETs” joke that former heads of state like to tell, the big sillies.

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Russian President/PM Medvedev talks about secret alien files [View all] NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 OP

I really do want to believe there is intelligent life 'out there' because you sure the hell can't Purveyor Jan 2013 #1

Medvedev was joking. frogmarch Jan 2013 #2

We have an alien gap jberryhill Jan 2013 #3

Good question! frogmarch Jan 2013 #4

first, it's not that obvious he was joking-- NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #5

To many people it’s obvious frogmarch Jan 2013 #6

I didn't see the interviewer chuckle or snicker NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #9

OK n/t frogmarch Jan 2013 #10

Yes it is zappaman Jan 2013 #7

what part of my logic makes no sense? NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #8

All of it zappaman Jan 2013 #11

whereas, could he have said anything about aliens that would change your mind? NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #12

Sure, he could have said something and backed it up. zappaman Feb 2013 #13