noodleback

[Dennis Baron]

Does anybody ever mention that all tea is imported? I mean, shouldn't we be developing our own tea instead of depending on foreign tea from countries like China and India? 
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On Apr 2, 2011, at 8:03 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: noodleback
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> At 8:44 PM -0400 4/1/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> 2011
>> http://personals.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2011/03/tea-party-rails-against-budget-deal
>> (March
>> 31):
>> But at the [Tea Party] rally, GOP leaders were in the crosshairs. Katherine
>> Dirr, an activist from Boehner's district, told the crowd: "I say to the
>> Republican leadership -- take off your lace panties, stop being noodlebacks.
>> Our republic depends on you."
>> 
> And before you know it, you lace-panty-wearing leadership will turn
> into wet noodle backs, and then wetbacks, and then we Tea Partiers
> will have to deport you.
> 
> LH
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