Name that fracas
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Nov 15 08:40:00 UTC 2000
At 3:55 PM -0500 11/15/00, David Bergdahl wrote:
>It's Gatorade, the he-man drink... :-)
Ah, I should have known it would require another recount. I'm sure
you're right, but I have to say that by this point, I think (much as
I dislike the beverage) Gatorade is too good for 'em. Now,
gator-bait...
>Laurence Horn wrote:
>
>> >If it goes on as long as some suggest it might, then I vote for "chad
>> >nauseam." Note that Slate's "best" is "Gator Wait," and they seem quite
>> >pleased with themselves about it (they describe it as "a nice play on words
>> >that takes a second to sink in"). Well maybe it needs to keep sinking, but
>> it just doesn't work for me.
>>
>> I first took this to be a spooneresque pun on Waiter-gate, in the
>> sense that we're all waiting and there is a semi-scandal involved,
>> but then (after a manual recount) I determined that it's intended as
>> a pun on "gator-bait". I think.
>>
>> L
>
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