Dedicated to my charming buddies in the legal dept. at PWC.
What would we doing if we were beating about the bush?
More gardening perhaps? After all, a bush is a plant like a small round tree.
Well, it's like this, you know, how can I put it, it's sort of hm, well...
Not getting to the point!
Here's an old style comedian from England who made an act and a career out of long winded, rambling monologues - now, he really could beat about the bush.
Yes, he is wearing a wig! But we loved you Frankie.