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Tending Bar

As alliterations go I thought it would be interesting to waste the last day of summer thinking of sentences with the letters 'Bar' as the first syllable of the words making the allietrating. So imagine a scene where Barack Obama and Ehud Barak (former Israeli PM) met for some tete a tete (not an alliterative use of tet) in a military barrack outside Jerusalem. Imagine the media had some restricted access to report on their conversations from inside the barrack. Imagine a bar in the barrack where a bartender was barfing because of food poisoning from a night on the town. The summary reporting from the barracks about this event would read - Barack and Barak denied any barriers to progress during their talks as a result of the barfing bartender in the barracks. They made sure that the barfing bartender was barricaded to be looked at by a medical professional. Barak praised Barack for 'passing the bar' and not passing out at the bar. Barack complimented Barak by saying that his actions have indeed 'raised the bar' for regional diplomacy and that they would together break down barriers to peace in the middle east. Barring any other unforseen events in and around the barracks the Barack - Barak talks will conclude tonight and would pave the way for a barnyard chat same time next year.
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  1. RajendraSeptember 21, 2012 at 8:10 PM

    Is any of them a barrister? Were there any barracudas present at the scene? Were they watching Bart Simpson in the evening?

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  2. Diamond HeadSeptember 22, 2012 at 8:00 AM

    Barack could be a barrister, whether the best bar none can be debated in the barnyard in Santa Barbara

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