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calling someone a falling-down drunk

and saying that someone

was falling-down drunk

are two different things. The former implies a habitual condition and the latter a passing state.


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If the mark on George's cheek is a carpet burn from falling down drunk..........at least his carpet burns are visible. Our most recent president likely had one or two good'uns on his knees at times that the public was not privy to. Don't ya think?


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No apology needed, Max. Ya see, my difficulty was that I wanted to lampoon a Kiwi in return -- but couldn't think of any other than the honorable Kiwi's of the board! so how else could I riposte to CK?

[muttering -e: Unfortunately, the net does not have the Odgen Nash poem illustrating that CK, like any comic, has the difficulty of dealing with oversensive hearers like me. ... poem to be added by edit, once I find it the old fashioned way. [mutter]]




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bush·whack (bshhwk, -wk)
v. bush·whacked, bush·whack·ing, bush·whacks
v. intr.
1. To make one's way through thick woods by cutting away bushes and branches.(You can get some nasty bruises doing that!)
2. To travel through or live in the woods.Hi, K.
3. To fight as a guerrilla in the woods.

courtesy of Dictionary.com

What an interesting word for a wood nymph to use


I still wonder if anyone has seen Cheney.


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I still wonder if anyone has seen Cheney.

Don't say I told you, but Elvis told me he saw him.


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No apology needed, Max. Ya see, my difficulty was that I wanted to lampoon a Kiwi in return -- but couldn't think of any other than the honorable Kiwi's of the board! so how else could I riposte to CK?

Ah, well, most comics also know that you can only lampoon people who are well-known. And there also has to be an element of perceived truth in the statements. Implying that the Pope is a sex-maniac wouldn't work, for instance, because no one in his or her right mind would believe it. Now, hands-up those who ...

Consuelo, Cheney is probably drinking Wsieber's nitro-glycerine. Gulping it down in bucketsful, I'd say.



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CK, I at first thought the following was contrary to your post's papal point, but on second thought I realize that it proves your point:

Many years ago, members of a group of literati challenged each other to devise the most sensational newspaper-headline possible. The winning entry, by Dorothy Parker, was POPE ELOPES!


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Ah, well, most comics also know that you can only lampoon people who are well-known. And there also has to be an element of perceived truth in the statements. Implying that the Pope is a sex-maniac wouldn't work, for instance, because no one in his or her right mind would believe it.

Oh? Then why is there a joke whose punchline goes, "Oh, 20,000 lire, same as in town !"?


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