Despite his sometimes shirty demeanor, Richard Darman, George Bush's Budget Director, is known around the White House as an accomplished comedian.
Each man is privately fascinated with the other, both have relied on consultant Dick Morris, and both can turn shirty on camera if they aren't careful.
Jason Gillespie in CricInfo.com You can get shirty about it but it is not going to achieve a hell of a lot,Gillespie concluded. "I have got my way of ignoring what is going on."
Terry Jones in Telegraph.co.uk So there was this tension between us,says Jones. "I got a bit shirty with him, and he wouldn't talk to me. He never forgave me for about 12 years."