YBQ on CNN

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Governed *as* curmudgeons"?  I wonder what he thinks "curmudgeon" means.

JL

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Federico Escobar <
federicoescobarcordoba at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I also liked this one, which Jon Stewart said on *The Daily Show* last
> week:
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> *"We vote as fanatics, but we are governed as curmudgeons".*
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> I'm surprised to see it hasn't gone viral on the Internet; perhaps
> "curmudgeons" was too wordy? Perhaps I'm too fond of the show to see that
> the phrase is not all that?
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> Livedash has a transcript of that episode, here:
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> http://www.livedash.com/transcript/the_daily_show_with_jon_stewart/6732/COMEDYP/Thursday_December_9_2010/530527/
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> F.
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> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > It's over??  (-:  I didn't have the chance to submit the one I liked
> > from this past Sunday's Parade magazine:
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> > "Your face tells a story, and it shouldn't be about your drive to the
> > doctor's office."
> >
> > Julia Roberts, on saying no to Botox.
> >
> > Joel
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> > At 12/13/2010 10:47 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >CNN has run the story of YBQ's QOTY selections several times this
> morning.
> > >Once they even mentioned Fred's name.
> > >
> > >The winner: "I'm not a witch." Runner-up: "I'd like my life back."
> > >
> > >JL
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> > truth."
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