George W has dropped a few clangers during his visit to Oz. That in itself is not noteworthy - happens all the time - but his substitution of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) for APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) shows us exactly where an old oil man from Texas keeps his head.
Oil is slippery stuff.
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Euphenisms
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