[Ads-l] QOTY? multiple positions

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jun 28, 2016, at 4:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I heard this once before, most likely on _Veep_, as "has got more
> positions than the Kama Sutra."
> 
> Now apparently defunct,

On hiatus, I believe.  Not at all defunct.  (Those with premium cable are in a better position to weigh in on this.)

LH

> _Veep_ featured the raunchiest dialogue I've
> encountered anywhere. (And no, I don't think this particular phrase is
> very raunchy. By today's standards.)
> 
> JL
> 
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
>> "Donald Trump has had more positions on X than there are in the Kama Sutra."
>> 
>> Fill in any of several X's.  On CNN today at about 11:35 AM I saw Ana Navarro say, referring to to his statements about Muslim immigration, "Donald Trump has held more positions now than the Kama Sutra."  (Or at least that's what she's tweeted.  I didn't hear her, since I was trying to read the scroll from across a restaurant room.)
>> 
>> 
>> I assume this goes back before Trump, as a comment at various times about various politicians.
>> 
>> Joel
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> The American Dialect Society - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.americandialect.org&d=CwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=mtSaFK0Qhru6lhzW_Qht17ECEdP1JsZpJ4F4S3DyK_0&s=RzVeSt0FqD0XX48NFkxMJ4ew6CnHgOMGCyWgHP1xiBE&e= 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.americandialect.org&d=CwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=mtSaFK0Qhru6lhzW_Qht17ECEdP1JsZpJ4F4S3DyK_0&s=RzVeSt0FqD0XX48NFkxMJ4ew6CnHgOMGCyWgHP1xiBE&e= 

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org