Obama's gift to Gordon Brown: 25 DVDs.

[Flyboy Fox]

Multi-region DVD players aren't illegal. You can buy them almost anywhere.

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

Multi-region DVD players aren't illegal. You can buy them almost anywhere.

Then...what's the point of having this region thing in the first place? o.O

[Patticus]

It's an effort to stop piracy and mass importing.

[Fleetsy]

I'd be pretty chuffed if I got 25 DVDs including those titles. Nice work Obama.

*Megahighfives Obama*

Edited March 6, 2009 by Fleet

[Roarey Raccoon]

Actually, on the subject of multi-region, the players are very hard to get in the UK now as they are no longer made. I tried to buy one last year and couldn't find one in a single shop, despite trying several XP.

[Violet]

Wow, way to go guys for missing out on the cultural importance of the gift .

[Covskin]

Now, I'm not fully certain on this, but Gordon Brown doesn't even get to keep them DVDs, does he? Something like Prime Minister has to declare all gifts from other states, and he only gets to keep them if he pays for them. Or something.

Right, here we go.

Ok, the story isn't properly related, and you can cast doubts on the source as its The Daily Mail, but I'm looking at this bit in particular:

If ministers wish to keep gifts worth more than £140 they have to purchase them from the Government, otherwise they are held by their departments.

Mr Blair chose to pay £150 for a lead crystal vase from the Italian government received in May last year.

So unless its ruled those DVDs cost £5 or less each, he don't even get to keep them. And he's made a gesture historically reminiscent of Queen Victoria and Rutherford Hayes.

Also, Tony Blair got to meet Obama way before Gordon.

All in all, not a good week for Gordon Brown. Again.

[Sega DogTagz]

Wow, way to go guys for missing out on the cultural importance of the gift .

If Obama's people have been anything, its creative. If they were really aiming for cultural significance, they could have done a ton better than this and most likely on the same budget.

Might as well of gotten the guy a souvenir brochure from one of the Smithsonian's exhibit(s). Sheesh