If this happens, just wait a week or two, and call again, leaving a nice, amiable message if they don't answer.
During the 2000 campaign and the president's first years in office, Mr. Ferrell's Bush was a harmless, amiable dunce -- a man who answered "strategery" when asked to sum up his candidacy in one word, and who played with a ball of twine while his brother Jeb and Al Gore discussed the disputed election.
Ever the gentleman, he stood in his crisp suit and answered every question in his trademark amiable way, without a shred of bitterness, even though the Yankees were going to reward his success by cutting him loose.
The ease of manner displayed by William and Kate during their brief appearance outside the hospital – both smiling, Kate perhaps even more broadly than William, and both answering reporters' questions in the confident and amiable manner of a couple accustomed to the demands of celebrity – made for a striking contrast with the common practice among royals on similar occasions in recent decades.
An amiable Mr Estrada would respond with shoot-from-the-hip answers, or what he considered humorous quips.
Sometimes the pounding threatens to overpower his answers, but for 40 minutes he's an amiable interviewee, always with a half-chuckle in his responses, expressing warmth that, despite a crackly line and the small matter of 5,385 miles between us, comes over palpably.
My answer came immediately, as one of my table mates, an amiable 50-ish New Jersey woman, announced proudly that this was her 37th cruise.
He answered the telephone, seemed willing to recollect who I was, and acted amiable enough that I suggested we have lunch together the next day.
Pragmatic and amiable, perhaps.
