"Oatmeal Cookie" (1884) & the official cookie of Connecticut

[Jonathan Lighter]

Always remember :

  Cookie GOOOOOD !

  Big issue *CONTENTIOUS* ! ! !

  JL


Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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On 3/7/06, Bapopik at aol.com wrote:
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> "After all, the bill designating the chocolate oatmeal drop cookie will b=
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> just as delectable" next year, she said. "Other things, like bills dealin=
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> with
> state spending and taxing, cannot wait."
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> But Sen. Don DeFronzo, D-New Britain, and Rep. Christopher Caruso,
> D-Bridgeport, co-chairmen of the Government Administration and Elections
> Committee,
> said the state cookie bill and others like it help to engage children in
> the
> democratic process.


Isn't there a saying to the effect that "you can't / couldn't make this
(kind of) stuff up"?
How do legislators who believe that cookies are more important issues than
taxing and
spending ever get elected?

-Wilson



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