bob_dobalina

i really wish that i could see and hear saddam's 'trial' in real time or at least through news sources that won't water down his tirades. there's got to be a ton of good material in his rants. and if not, i'm curious to see how the brainwashing techniques of the american interrogators has scrambled saddam's thought process. at some point he's gonna bust out with a 'look motherfucker, i started working for the CIA in the 50's.. roughly when your mama decided you were too old to suck on her tit!'

saddam has impressed me by sticking to his guns by adding 'the president of iraq' after his name whenever he's asked to identify himself. but he needs to realize that he'll get way more play if he starts to refer to himself in the third person. saddam would get mad respect if he busted out with 'saddam knows that these sham hearings are taking place because its an election year' or 'saddam wants to have a nap so bring saddam his binky.' well maybe not that mess about saddam's binky but don't soundbytes resonate more when the subject is talking about himself in the third person? when allen iverson talks about allen iverson, heads pay attention. its a basic formula, really.

unfortunately i have a had time keeping a straight face when talking about myself in the third person. and the only time i'm on television or in print media giving interviews is when i'm talking about job-related shit and it probably wouldn't go over too well, especially for those that cut my checks. this guy ricky who plays in my fantasy basketball league won $400k recently (you can watch it on the most recent episode of the travel channel's world poker tour) and he let me and all my friends down by not talking about himself in the third person.

so... under what circumstances would you refer to yourself in the third person?