[Ads-l] QOTY non-candidate

[Jonathan Lighter]

> most inane QOTY.

But there are so many to choose from.

JL

On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 4:02 PM, Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> > EPA MIS-ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT PRUITT: Not when I’m not using it. I mean,
> yes. This is a tremendous difference. I wasn’t using the facility, uh, Ed,
> when I wasn’t there.
>
> <whew> Suppose they charged him for not using it when he wasn't there -
> that could run into some real money [1]
>
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>
> [1]
> Animal Crackers
> Spaulding: What do you fellas get an hour?
> Ravelli: For playing, we get-a ten dollars an hour.
> Spaulding: I see. What do you get for not playing?
> Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour.
> Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that.
> Ravelli: Now for rehearsing, we make special rate. That's-a fifteen dollars
> an hour...That's-a for rehearsing.
> Spaulding: And what do you get for *not* rehearsing?
> Ravelli: You couldn't afford it. You see, if we don't rehearse, we a-don't
> play, and if we don't play (he snaps his finger) - that runs into money.
> Spaulding: How much would you want to run into an open manhole?
> Ravelli: Just-a the cover charge! Ha, ha, ha.
> Spaulding: Well, drop in some time.
> Ravelli: Sewer.
> Spaulding: Well, we cleaned that up pretty well.
> Ravelli: Well, let's see how-a we stand.
> Spaulding: Flat-footed.
> Ravelli: Yesterday, we didn't come. (To Mrs. Rittenhouse) You remember,
> yesterday we didn't come?
> Spaulding: Oh, I remember.
> Ravelli: Yes, that's three hundred dollars.
> Spaulding: Yesterday, you didn't come, that's three hundred dollars?
> Ravelli: Yes, three hundred dollars.
> Spaulding: Well, that's reasonable. I can see that alright.
> Ravelli: Now today, we did come. That's-a (pause)..
> Spaulding: That's a hundred you owe us.
> Ravelli: Hey, I bet I'm gonna lose on the deal. Tomorrow we leave. That's
> worth about (pause)..
> Spaulding: A million dollars.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 2:33 PM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, it is a candidate for most inane QOTY.
> >
> > https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a19690828/fox-news-
> > scott-pruitt-swamp/
> >
> > Fox News correspondent ED HENRY: Your house in Oklahoma, you pay a
> > mortgage on that. And when you don’t sleep there, you still pay the
> > mortgage, right?
> >
> > EPA MIS-ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT PRUITT: Not when I’m not using it. I mean,
> > yes. This is a tremendous difference. I wasn’t using the facility, uh,
> Ed,
> > when I wasn’t there.
> >
> > - Jim Landau
> >
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