The A380 Airbus was about to take off for the first time and an urbane Englishman whose name and role I didn’t catch gave a pessimistic view of its prospects, expressing himself beautifully, at length and with that polished confidence which is the hallmark of an expensive education.
The response from Noel Forgeard, Airbus’s chief executive, was admirably succinct:
"Thass complete boulsheet! "
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"Thass complete boulsheet! "
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Of course, I’m sure you are aware that a ‘boulsheet’ is a small ( sometimes oiled ) cloth used to wrap the metallic 'boules' in the game of the same name.
It is, I admit, hard to fathom why Forgeard used it in connection with the A380.
Of course I knew that! Doesn't everybody?
Anonymous, please reveal yourself, unless there is something you are ashamed of.
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