"I was really surprised when my customer told me it was Mr Murdoch. He seemed like such a nice man."
—London newsagent Daxa Solanki, whose shop was visited earlier this year by News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch toured several different newsstands because he "wanted to know what was happening on the ground."
"wanted to know what was happening on the ground." = outside of his private jet/helicopter/space station.
Talk about damning with faint praise. They're so restrained, the Brits. "I was surprised. He seemed so nice / so well-groomed / so not at all like a slavering lizard person wearing a human-skin mask."
He said 'please' before he told me to go fuck myself.
He heard people wre flipping through newspapers and magazines WITHOUT EVEN BUYING THEM and was there to hand out signs he hand-lettered himself that say, NO READING!
I wonder if this was like the old Eddie Murphy short where he was Mr. White for a day…
"See? See how they walk? Their butts are real tight when they walk. They keep their butts tight. I've gotta remember to keep my butt real tight when I walk."