semantic drift: "officer" PLUS bonus anecdote AND....

[Jonathan Lighter]

_Fox & Friends_, often quoted here, and ranked officially as America's most watched morning news show on cable.  My favorite source of laffs 'n gaffes!

  JL

Paul <paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM> wrote:
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paul johnson asks "What is the "F & F Show"

Mark Mandel wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> wrote:
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>> Now for the bonus anecdote. This morning's _F & F_ show ran the clip of Hillary Clinton asking rhetorically, "How many angels dance on the head of a pin?"
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>> All three anchors made fun of this by asking each other, "What's _that_ mean?" "Did she make that up or is that some kind of _saying_?" "My grandmother used to come up with strange phrases like that. stuff like 'more something than Carter has pills.'" "I dunno...."
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> Schmucks will be schmucks. As anchors, they get paid for it.
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> Mark Mandel
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