Newsflash! Snowball Melts in Hell!

Yahoo News threw me for a loop yesterday, with this strange story:

Bono won't be saving the world at the helm of the World Bank. The lobby group co-founded by... U2's lead singer on Thursday knocked down media reports that he was a serious contender to head the global institution that provides billions of dollars annually to help the world's poorest countries.

Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of Bono, mostly because I find his "look at me, I'm savin' the world!" posturing rather shameless. However, as much as he'll take just about any opportunity to bathe in the spotlight, I can't believe that anyone seriously believed he would be considered to head the World Bank. For one thing, it's the World Bank - they generally don't staff a lot of aging leather-pantsed rockers.

All ranting aside, the bloggable part of the article, for me, was this fantastic quote from the head of Bono's non profit, who sounds as baffled as I that the rumour picked up so much steam:

"I can't believe I need to say this, but there are no circumstances in which Bono would be nominated or accept the World Bank job."