MRDA, of course

When I wanted to make a particular point to someone here, what leapt into my head was 'MRDA'.

Being good, I checked google to see if it would be easy to look up. 6,810 hits, but none of the top hundred were using it in the sense in which I know it. And only three hits for it and its simplest explanation.

So...

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MRDA 2

"Mandy Rice-Davies applies", from one of the quotes of the Profumo affair in Britain in the 1950s.

When it was put to her that someone had denied her allegations, MR-D said, "He would, wouldn't he?"

For as long as I can remember, it's been a common response on cix to, for example, Geoff Hoon denying anything was his fault, ie total disbelief of what someone's said. But it can also be used when pointing out someone has a (often undeclared) interest in the outcome of something they're disputing.

[cixen: it'd be interesting to do a search to see who said it first and where they got it from.]

Clearly, it's not that common an acronym outside :)

While we're mentioning Hoon, anyone want to bet he has the full confidence of Tony Blair in a fortnight's time?

Presses of mass destruction

The documentary on Channel 4 at the moment, on the Nazi attempt to wreck the British economy by forging our bank notes, is making me wonder how many people are trying to do it at the moment with dollars.

I wonder if it will mention the Private Schulz TV series on the plot...