Netanyahu bugged my bathroom, Boris Johnson suggests (www.politico.eu)

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“Thither Bibi repaired for a while, and it may or may not be a coincidence but I am told that later, when they were doing a regular sweep for bugs, they found a listening device in the thunderbox,” Johnson writes as he recalls a meeting.

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago

The thunderbox????

[-] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

The lav. The bog. The crapper. The kharzi. The shitter. The toilet.

[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

On the plus side, Boris wasn't gifted an Israeli pager.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Plus side? I guess he is already out, so no need to get rid of him anymore.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bugs Suspected in Boris Johnson’s Thunderbox

[-] Evehn@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

So he only found ONE listening device?

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Confused old man has Mossad ticks where he plants wiretaps everywhere he goes.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Can the mind vomit?

[-] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Bibi deserves to hear Boris' pudding blasts

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've never heard of the word, "thither" before, and I've never seen, "repaired" used in this way before.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I’m familiar with thither from the phrase “hither and thither”, which is a stupid-sounding phrase I read as a kid, and why I remember it. (Similar to knowing what “yon” means from “hither and yon(der)”)

I wouldn’t ever use either word, because I don’t see a need for pretentious pomposity, but perhaps he does. :)

I did used to have a friend who would use words correctly, but obscurely, and while he was smart and just enjoyed flexing his vocab, it was obnoxious af for everyone around him because even someone on the same intellectual level is going to go “what..??” Like, a lot.. (basically, it is literally impossible for two people to know all the same things, so it’s just a “look I’m smart!” Flex). It’s just a bad way to communicate. Good way to be a poet, though.