For a few brief months , he seemed to voters to fulfil his promise to be " not flash , just gordon " ; but then he dithered about calling an election and , when confronted by a tory surge in the polls , offered the comically implausible explanation that he was retreating for the good of the country .
Responding to the online frenzy , a chongqing government weibo account claimed that mr wang was on medical leave receiving " vacation-style treatment " , a comically implausible euphemism that immediately went viral .
" I 'm so glad you could come today , " she finally said , before twisting comically her head first to the left then to the right to offer her cheek to each of us over the dog 's thick body .