Floods of tears as climate change 'hard man' breaks down at summit

Voegelin · Dec 16, 2007

As the 200-nation Bali conference wrangled over a minor procedural matter, the Dutch diplomat in charge of the talks burst into tears and had to be led away by colleagues . . .

Mr de Boer, distinctively dressed in a floral shirt, stepped up to the microphone to defend his staff - only to find that the words would no longer come . . .

"He wasn't just wiping his eyes, he was in floods of tears," said one observer.

"Three colleagues - one of them a woman - formed a protective group around him and escorted him out of the hall. It was all very dramatic." . . .

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simplicity · Dec 16, 2007

Mr. Yvo de Boer has a pretty funky shirt there, woah! Very daring and j'espere il n'est pas tres brouile. Whatever.

Voegelin · Dec 16, 2007

Maybe he is auditioning for an interview with Oprah.

Douger · Dec 16, 2007

Goldmember, coming at ya.

Check out the sidelong glance from the guy next to him.

Ave Maria · Dec 16, 2007

Sorry to hear that he was so sad.

simplicity · Dec 16, 2007

I don't want to see Yvo de Boer cry ever again. It's awful. And his choice of apparel is disturbing. I don't know if I can sleep tonight.

Tsadde · Dec 17, 2007

A real man with a real heart. God bless him.

Voegelin · Dec 17, 2007

Douger said:
Check out the sidelong glance from the guy next to him.

Priceless. The Asian guy is wearing a western business suit. Very professional The guy from the west looks like he stepped off the album cover of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and is crying.

Guess that shirt is Javanese. But I image a person from Holland wearing it to an Asian business meeting would be comparable to an Asian showing up at a business conference in Amsterdam with wooden shoes and a little Dutch boy outfit.

sklippstein · Dec 17, 2007

Tsadde said:
A real man with a real heart. God bless him.

Amen

eldermike · Dec 17, 2007

He didn't get the memo, it happens alot, but nothing to cry about.

Avatar · Dec 17, 2007

simplicity said:
Mr. Yvo de Boer has a pretty funky shirt there, woah! Very daring and j'espere il n'est pas tres brouile. Whatever.

What does 'brouile' mean?

Tsadde · Dec 17, 2007

Have any of you seen the film "Amazing Grace" lately? They mocked Wilberforce too.

Douger · Dec 17, 2007

Guess that shirt is Javanese. But I image a person from Holland wearing it to an Asian business meeting would be comparable to an Asian showing up at a business conference in Amsterdam with wooden shoes and a little Dutch boy outfit.

Good one Voegelin.
Or if the conference were in Africa maybe he would have shown up in black face.
Just kidding. I don't think he's being patronizing, just being Dutch.

Voegelin · Dec 17, 2007

Douger said:
I don't think he's being patronizing, just being Dutch.

Me neither. He was just in the spirit of things. I've worn a lavalava myself. Wouldn't wear one to a political/business meeting deciding the fate of the world but thats just me I guess.

Wouldn't you like to know what the Communist Chinese said to each other after his reaction to their comments?

simplicity · Dec 17, 2007

Argh, I think I was trying to say "brouille" although the meaning I was trying to convey is choppy, uneven and discordant. (Lack of harmony.) I see various English translations like argument and scrambled. Unfortunately I loosely use this term to mean retro and vintage-cheap just to confuse French and English people alike.

Avatar · Dec 17, 2007

simplicity said:
Argh, I think I was trying to say "brouille" although the meaning I was trying to convey is choppy, uneven and discordant. (Lack of harmony.) I see various English translations like argument and scrambled. Unfortunately I loosely use this term to mean retro and vintage-cheap just to confuse French and English people alike.

Lol, gotcha.

Voegelin · Dec 17, 2007

"Intrinsically disordered might be a good English translation.

Avatar · Dec 17, 2007

"Intrinsically disordered” might be a good English translation.

I may change my custom title to that.

simplicity · Dec 17, 2007

The Dutch seem like such a stable, balanced people. It's hard to believe Mr. de Boer is intrinsically disordered.

These comments brought to you by ING. At ING we make a point to prove to clients that the Dutch aren't intrinsically disordered. This is despite the fact we wear wooden shoes.

simplicity · Dec 17, 2007

I'm just kidding about that. I wouldn't have made it to school without my line of credit at ING.

I'm glad Mr. de Boer is so encourged by their accomplishments in Bali. He obviously feels very strongly about these issues. And although a man I have certainly done my share of crying. I've never worn a shirt like that, though.

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