What kind of rice would you like with that Mr President.....?

Has anybody noticed the appearance of a new rice recently? First we had pilau, then basmati, long grain, short grain etc. etc.

Now we have Condi Rice!

Why has there been the need to shorten a name like Condoleezza to Condi? The answer is good old George Dubbleya!

Many of us are familiar with some of his recent gaffes such as: -

• "I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the mother in me."
• "I think it's very important for the American President to mean what he says. That's why I understand that the enemy could misread what I say. That's why I try to be as clearly I can."
• "Our enemies are extremly resourceful and intuitive, and so are we! Our enemies will stop at nothing to make America suffer, and neither do we!"
• "there is no doubt in my mind... not one doubt... That we will fail!"

Well, recently when introducing Ms Rice to the UN Security Council he called her Condescending Rice, [which has now spurned the use of the informal term "...a bit Condi" - to mean "...condescending in nature..."] and he has subsequently been advised to shorten as many words as possible - hence Condi.

This may also explain the recently overheard conversation between Dubbleya and Tony Blair - with the now infamous "Yo Blair" greeting.

But did "Yo!" mean "Hello!" or was this yet another abbreviation? Could Dubbleya have a pet name for Tony? Could he think that his surname is Bear and not Blair? You know that all of this is possible! And so, I now declare that Dubbleya calls Tony Blair "Yogi" in private, which he abbreviates to "Yo" in public.

In response, does Tony refer to Dubbleya as "Boo boo", or is this just a description of everything he does and everything he says......?