Comments on: Two-Minute Townhall http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html Poise! Poise! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: False Prophet http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65817 False Prophet Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:12:48 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65817 <i>Shorter Linda Chavez: Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran. Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran.</i> "Bomb Iran Without a plan Bomb Iran There'll be explodin' and a-blowin' Up the Ayatollah Bomb Iran (bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran) Tried 'ghanistan And bombed Saddam Let's try again Bomb Iran Bomb Iran There'll be explodin' and a-blowin' Up the Ayatollah Bomb Iran" (Apologies to Brian Wilson) Shorter Linda Chavez: Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran. Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran.

“Bomb Iran
Without a plan
Bomb Iran

There’ll be explodin’ and a-blowin’
Up the Ayatollah
Bomb Iran

(bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran)

Tried ‘ghanistan
And bombed Saddam
Let’s try again
Bomb Iran Bomb Iran

There’ll be explodin’ and a-blowin’
Up the Ayatollah
Bomb Iran”

(Apologies to Brian Wilson)

]]> By: Marq http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65740 Marq Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:09:52 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65740 <blockquote><i>That’s not my complaint with Stossel’s column. I just have this weird feeling he’s leading up to some kind of announcement.</i></blockquote> Ooh! maybe it's gender reassignment surgery! Of course, then that mustache would look... *so* wrong. It is a fairly extreme way to avoid any sexual interest by me though (um, not that I am, but perhaps he wants to close off the possibility).

That’s not my complaint with Stossel’s column. I just have this weird feeling he’s leading up to some kind of announcement.

Ooh! maybe it’s gender reassignment surgery! Of course, then that mustache would look… *so* wrong. It is a fairly extreme way to avoid any sexual interest by me though (um, not that I am, but perhaps he wants to close off the possibility).

]]> By: Jack of None http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65604 Jack of None Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:55:34 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65604 Every time I notice John Stossel, he's gotten weirder. It's like in movies, where something's far away, and every time the camera looks up it's suddenly gotten closer. Every time I notice John Stossel, he’s gotten weirder. It’s like in movies, where something’s far away, and every time the camera looks up it’s suddenly gotten closer.

]]> By: Matt T. http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65571 Matt T. Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:15:09 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65571 <i>you find it surprising that Clownhall readers lust after their cousins?</i> "But they're so attractive!" [/Simpsons reference] you find it surprising that Clownhall readers lust after their cousins?

“But they’re so attractive!” [/Simpsons reference]

]]> By: Mark S. http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65562 Mark S. Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:23:33 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65562 Gus said: <i>you find it surprising that Clownhall readers lust after their cousins?</i> Maybe not, but I was shocked by the comment by LetFreedomRing talking about his ten year marriage to his sister. Gus said:

you find it surprising that Clownhall readers lust after their cousins?

Maybe not, but I was shocked by the comment by LetFreedomRing talking about his ten year marriage to his sister.

]]> By: MCH http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65560 MCH Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:17:13 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65560 Wait, isn't "but next they'll marry their cousins!!1!" one of the "arguments" against gay marriage? Why does John Stossel hate America? Wait, isn’t “but next they’ll marry their cousins!!1!” one of the “arguments” against gay marriage?

Why does John Stossel hate America?

]]> By: D. Sidhe http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65537 D. Sidhe Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:41:48 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65537 There have been studies for years which suggest for inbreeding to do any measurable damage, you need a good deal of momentum and a lot of bad luck. That's not my complaint with Stossel's column. I just have this weird feeling he's leading up to some kind of announcement. There have been studies for years which suggest for inbreeding to do any measurable damage, you need a good deal of momentum and a lot of bad luck. That’s not my complaint with Stossel’s column. I just have this weird feeling he’s leading up to some kind of announcement.

]]> By: rj http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65527 rj Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:44:43 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65527 Test of Cognitive Skills, if I remember correctly. The teacher would stand up front and read in a deliberate monotone: "A baloo is a bear. A baloo is a bear. A younker is a young man. A younker is a young man. Wuzzle means to mix. ..." through about twenty or so of these words. Then after taking a few other unrelated tests we'd be tested on the meanings of wuzzle, younker, etc. Ah, memories. Test of Cognitive Skills, if I remember correctly. The teacher would stand up front and read in a deliberate monotone: “A baloo is a bear. A baloo is a bear. A younker is a young man. A younker is a young man. Wuzzle means to mix. …” through about twenty or so of these words. Then after taking a few other unrelated tests we’d be tested on the meanings of wuzzle, younker, etc. Ah, memories.

]]> By: FlipYrWhig http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65523 FlipYrWhig Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:17:41 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65523 No Hoosiers, sadly. It was on a standardized test, along with "kipsey is a wicker basket," "an ort is a scrap of food," "younker" (hat-tip to rj), and more. No Hoosiers, sadly. It was on a standardized test, along with “kipsey is a wicker basket,” “an ort is a scrap of food,” “younker” (hat-tip to rj), and more.

]]> By: Otto Man http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65521 Otto Man Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:09:57 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65521 I've got to go with Blankley, but only if the "urrrrph" is meant to represent the fact that he looks like an overcooked sausage with gas escaping from it. Otherwise, I fall back on my two rules in life: (1) You don't win friends with salad. (2) John Stossel is apeshit crazy. I’ve got to go with Blankley, but only if the “urrrrph” is meant to represent the fact that he looks like an overcooked sausage with gas escaping from it.

Otherwise, I fall back on my two rules in life: (1) You don’t win friends with salad. (2) John Stossel is apeshit crazy.

]]> By: Gus http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65509 Gus Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:18:04 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65509 Drew, you find it surprising that Clownhall readers lust after their cousins? Drew, you find it surprising that Clownhall readers lust after their cousins?

]]> By: Dreamweasel http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65504 Dreamweasel Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:50:27 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65504 Hey, check the "Sock Puppets Unite" link on Townhall. Hew Hughitt links to your archnemesis Patterico pontificating about "The State of the Left". Hey, check the “Sock Puppets Unite” link on Townhall. Hew Hughitt links to your archnemesis Patterico pontificating about “The State of the Left”.

]]> By: Drew Johnston http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65489 Drew Johnston Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:22:53 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65489 Read the comments on the Stossel column. I'd expected that most of the Townhall readers would be revolted, but half of them are actually talking about how hot THEIR cousing are. Eugh. Read the comments on the Stossel column. I’d expected that most of the Townhall readers would be revolted, but half of them are actually talking about how hot THEIR cousing are. Eugh.

]]> By: punkinsmom http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65487 punkinsmom Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:21:59 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65487 Some people do marry their first cousins. As scary as this is, I actually agree with Stosh's column. Oh. God. Help me. Some people do marry their first cousins. As scary as this is, I actually agree with Stosh’s column. Oh. God. Help me.

]]> By: Brian Schlosser http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65467 Brian Schlosser Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:55:25 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65467 "Shorter James J. Kilpatrick: Whose nickel is it? It’s a thorny legal issue, all right. I’ll need to refer to the case of Finders v. Keepers." Shouldn't that be "Keepers v. Weepers"? “Shorter James J. Kilpatrick: Whose nickel is it? It’s a thorny legal issue, all right. I’ll need to refer to the case of Finders v. Keepers.”

Shouldn’t that be “Keepers v. Weepers”?

]]> By: rj http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65466 rj Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:27:17 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65466 A younker is a young man. A younker is a young man.

]]> By: Karatist Preacher http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65465 Karatist Preacher Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:24:31 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65465 Watch it Gavin - born and raised there. Watch it Gavin – born and raised there.

]]> By: Gavin M. http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65448 Gavin M. Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:31:36 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65448 <i>That’s been an obscure inside joke in my family for at least 15 years. </i> Are there Hoosiers in the family, by any chance? That’s been an obscure inside joke in my family for at least 15 years.

Are there Hoosiers in the family, by any chance?

]]> By: Hysterical Woman http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65444 Hysterical Woman Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:35:51 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65444 Stossel apparently doesn't know that there is more than one type cousin. Nobody cares if you marry your fifth cousin, it's the first cousin that's usually the problem. He still has a point (on top of his head). Stossel apparently doesn’t know that there is more than one type cousin. Nobody cares if you marry your fifth cousin, it’s the first cousin that’s usually the problem. He still has a point (on top of his head).

]]> By: FlipYrWhig http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/3324.html#comment-65443 FlipYrWhig Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:25:28 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/archives/003324.html#comment-65443 Oh. Dear. God. "Wuzzle means to mix"? That's been an obscure inside joke in my family for at least 15 years. This is like discovering plutonium by accident. Oh. Dear. God. “Wuzzle means to mix”? That’s been an obscure inside joke in my family for at least 15 years. This is like discovering plutonium by accident.

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