Blixed
- Is there room in the Blogosphere vocabulary to “verb” Blix. It could be a synonym for the idiom “turn a blind eye” to obvious transgressions. I’ve always imagined Sargeant Schultz from Hogan’s Heroes saying “I see nothing! I hear nothing!” whenever I used that one. Hey, maybe Hollywood could cast Hans for that role in the upcoming Hogan’s Heroes movie.
I see nothing! I hear nothing!
We could say that the UN inspectors are blixing the Security Council, or that the SEC is blixing investors on shareholder reforms. I wouldn’t mind waking up one morning and hearing NPR report, “President Bush, tired of the blixing of the UN inspectors, said the hell with it and pulverized each one of Saddam Hussein’s thirty-eight lavish palaces. Of course NPR would report it as if Bush had carpet-bombed an orphanage…
– Speaking of Blix, feel free to visit the “Ultimate Hans Blix Fansite” for all things Blix. And kids, teach your parents how to use the term blix – after all, you too can have weapons of mass destruction hidden safely away in your room if your parents conduct inspections as well as the UN does.
