Heard on Springer: the "Bubba" defense

[Jonathan Lighter]

What Clinton said was, "I did not have sexual intercourse with that woman."

Even less ambiguous,

If you're into ambiguity.

JL

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> He: She went to a rock show with my best friend and, during the
> intermission, they went out to his car. First, he [*bleeped*] her and
> then she [*bleeped*] him!
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> Springer: How do you know so much detail?
>
> He: She *told* me!
>
> [...]
>
> He: Why would you have sex with my best friend?!!!
>
> She: What are you talking about?! We didn't have sex!
>
> He: Yes, you did! You told me so yourself!
>
> She: That wasn't sex! That wasn't sex! We were just making out!
>
> He: It *was* sex!
>
> She: It was *not*! Do you think that I'd tell you about having sex
> with your *best friend*?!
>
> He: What was it, then?!
>
> She: It wasn't *sex*! It was just *oral* sex! Just one time! *Oral*
> sex isn't really sex! It's just fooling around! It's. Not. *Real*.
> SEX! Can't you *understand* that?!"
>
> Etc.
>
> Clinton would certainly be able to relate to the precise point that
> she was trying to make. And Kenneth Starr, Reporter, too, for that
> matter.
>
> Judging by their accents, neither He nor She was from Behind The Sun. But,
>
> Youneverknow.
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>
> -Wilson
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