Question Of the Day for
November 10, 2000

Question was submitted by:

Eoghan "I won't even mention apophasis" Olafson

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"One of these things is not like the others." On Sesame Street you might compare plane figures like triangles and trapezoids or perhaps types of fruit. Here the question applies to rhetorical devices. Which one of these figures "just doesn't belong here"?

catachresis
synechdoche
metonymy
metalepsis
hyberbaton

Explanation: Different hyperbaton is. Reverses normal word order like Yoda it does. The other figures of speech are all metaphorical. Synechdoche is a type of metaphor in which a genus is used for the species, the whole for a part, the object for the material that comprises it, or vice versa. Metonymy is similar but is based on association or contiguity (refering to the White House instead of the president for example). Metalepsis is metonymy with a dual meaning of the figurative term. Catachresis creates a mixed metaphor by unusual word usage (Verbing a noun, for example)

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Count	Percentage	Answer
Total Responses		448
Total Correct		246
Correct		54.91%
57	12.72%	catachresis
48	10.71%	synechdoche
48	10.71%	metonymy
49	10.94%	metalepsis
246	54.91%	hyberbaton

People who correctly answered:

Wally
Mr Me
DiscriminatingQOD'er
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Wow, Eoghan, I got it wrong, but GREAT question. -The Discriminating QOD'er
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Bullwinkle J. Moose, of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota. I think we need Nepenthe today.
flan the man
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No clue on this one--whoops, wrong again
Huh??? Mopickle
JosephCB
bluejam
cmikey
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Today's DFC:
"Charlie always attacks at night.... Charlie always sets ambushes in the kitchen... This tripwire's our only chance... Damn you, CHARLIE! Ooops--acid flashback. Sorry, Thel."
Festus
Andy Mc with a guess
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aWysocki
jonnied
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jonnie the D man is
Andy Mc back again - for a good site on rhetorical devices see http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/
trelliemae
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Excellent qod.Have a great day everyone.Here in the Volunteer state we are finally experiencing autumn! GO TITANS!
Critters
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Ha -- Bet that smarty pants Elmo gets this one wrong!
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!" Hey this is ALL greek to me......
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!" Too sick to go to work today.......Or is it......Just plain sick of going to work today.....Either way........... Working today I am not...........(I wonder if there is a word for words nobody has ever heard of....... I think ALL of these would fit the category).....
Norm Griffith is an @sshole and RUNT DORK
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!" On a side note.....(as Jimmy would say)..... Didn't we get ENOUGH rhetoricfrom the political campaign season.......
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MI svengali did not have a clue and guessed wrong yet again. That's funny cartoon, Andy. I think political cartoonists are some of the brightest, funniest people around. But I have to say the ballot in my township was a hell of a lot more complicated than the one in Palm Beach county (filled out with felt tip pen which took forever). Oddly, nobody was bitching except for how long it took to fill the damn thing out. The other interesting question is, "How can Buchanan say there is no way he could have gotten 3400 (about) votes in Palm Beach county when he got more votes than that in 1996?" As always Sven says, "Rock to Never-Never Land, kiddies," where the Emerson, Lake, & Palmer will perform their 1973 hit Brain Salad Surgery in Filmore East tonight. Remember, kiddies, watch out for Brain Salad Surgery. It'll murder you, it murdered me, We made it for our enemy.
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MI svengali Critters, you know Sven ain't the sharpest tool in the shed so could you explain the Elmo reference? Sven don't gets it as Jimmy would say, is Elmo supposed to be smart (Sven has a neat picture of himself with Elmo at a Child Seat Fitting Clinic but doesn't want to have QOD point and laugh).
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Roberto, the Alligator Wrestler! Purely a guess
El Bandito
they all sound like foot fungi.....
El Bandito - I guess what it really means is Democrats can't understand a simple ballot, as anyone who has seen the Florida ballot would understand.
simon the Virtuous, who is the very model of a modern major generalist
tokadi
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Jimmy

SO, which one of those there things, hey listen to me when I'm talking to ya, is not like the others? OK, here we go. These here words, though like probably not used on Sesame Street, have like one thing in common, theys defines the actions, or describes the Sesame Street-like Democrat voters. OK, number 1. Catachresis. This here word is short for "catch Regis", which is what Democrats would be betteroff doing, than like voting. Here, I'll use it in a sentence. Democrats shouldn't vote, they would be better off staying home and catachresis on his Millionaire TV show, and dream of being wealthy like us smart Republicans. OK, that there was a long one, and on a side note, yea that's what she said. OK, number 2. Synechdoche. This here word is short for "see, my neck is a douche". I'm moving on to number 3 before I gets like squeamish. OK, number 3, Metonymy. This here word is sometimes hyphenated, and it just describes what Democrats do. Here, I'll like use it in a sentence. I met-on-my way to the voting booth some other moron Democrat voters. OK, number 4, Metalepsis . OK, this here is a medical word that describes the Democrat brain condition, and is just short for "mental abscess". OK, that leaves number 5, Hyberbaton. What the hell is this? I think this here is the one that's out of place with the others. This is what we all wish the freakin' Democrats would do, go into that long hyberbaton sleep period like bears do, and don't wake up until the voting is over. I guess I just don'ts get it.-Jimmy
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Just Slanted
Jimmy, take your medicine.
Jake
REPENT JACKSON
Aaron Tardy
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ZenerShultzen Dork of the Day with this question
Pinky
Actually, there is indeed a serious problem with the Florida ballots, and it's not their complexity; they looked pretty simple to me. It's that they are not legal ballots according to Florida state law. Florida state law specifies that the place you punch out for a candidate (I always want to punch out a candidate or two each election, but that's another story) is to be to the right of the candidate's name, and that's not the way these ballots were structured. Unfortunately, this may allow successful challenges to the election in Florida. Also, the lawsuits that are already being filed are being filed by voters, not Democratic Party officials. -Veritas
Cory Phaeus
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I don't even think "hyperbaton" would fit here. 'Twould be an embarrassment to miss.
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MI svengali Actually what Florida law says is that for manually marked paper ballots it has to be to the right of the name, for balloting machines this can be modified according to Howard Fineman from Newsweek thia am. He read that section of the law on Imus' show.
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MI svengali It also amusing that the Palm Beach county ballot was designed by a democrat and approved by the county democratic commission (or whatever the call it). I would also note that Robert Wexler is one of the larger jerks in Congress today, that's it, I quit.
beats the mierda out of me
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ZenerShultzen STinkhyberbatonFINGer
Gotta go, time for a hamburger.
Critters
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Well Sven, now that I think about it, Elmo (of Sesame Street) isn't the brightest crayon in the box either......but "one of these things is not like the others" IS one of Elmo's favorite games, and I find him mildly annoying. Besides, I needed to get the expression "smarty pants" in somewhere, since I've been using it a lot lately -- mainly in reference to Mr. Gore. ;-)
Critters
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P.S. Please post that pic of you & Elmo.
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MI svengali OK, I see now Mrs. Critters although agreeing with you about the Gore "smarty pants" analogy may date us a bit, ma'am. It does fit with my description that Al was the obnoxious kid in class, waving his hand, saying, "I know, I know!" I doubt the QOD would be better off with Sven's picture, anonymity should probably be retained.
heatherheather
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GURU - At this point it matters not who becomes President. Both sides are so equal, nothing significant will happen on the next four years. The 'real' winner will step down and cede defeat for the sake of the nation. If this election becomes a law-suit issue, only the people will suffer.
Sierra Jewel
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- I’d like to venture into the election discussion today. I’m not an expert on politics or civics, so feel free to dispute or correct me as needed. This isn’t a question as much as a logical argument that may or may not be correct.

I seem to recall that the electoral college, which ultimately elects our president, not the people, meets in mid-December. So we really don’t have an un-“presidented” election (I love that phrase) as some have said. These electoral college voters (I’ll call them professional voters, although they may not actually get paid for what they do), have until then to decide how they want to vote. I also understand that they have no obligation to vote in a manner consistent with the popular vote from their state, although they often do. What I’m getting at is that all this uproar over the vote count is actually premature. Hopefully, by the time the professional voters get together, the popular vote results will be straightened out. But even if it’s not, it’s still just the popular vote. Our professional voters, we hope, will be smart enough to cast their votes correctly. Isn’t that what we “pay” them to do?

If all that’s true, then the only real problem right now is that we are uncertain about our future. In 200 plus years, have we ever known with absolute certainty that the electoral vote would follow the popular vote? I don’t think so. But this year, we are less certain than we’ve ever been, and that makes for good conversation. But it may not be a real issue.

Thanks for reading.
bassnbob
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STINKFINGER....eewwwwwwwww. Warsh your damn hands.
Otto von Blotto
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was really happy to see that Myron T. Fogerty, Jr. got one electoral vote - but then he realized that he was looking at the popular vote tally.
Shi2p2e
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David
Rhetorical devices. Are these the ones that vibrate?
I like Jimmy's questions better.
Not Posting Today.
Hi this is Al Gore. I resent the postings a few days ago that I am an @sshole and RUNT DORK. But, I, will try to live up to your opinion, especially in the next few weeks of the recount of the recount of the recount of the recount.....until I win.
I wish someone would kill that SOB Jesse Jackson neeger, and give us another Holiday.
I'm not against blacks, I think we she all own like 2 or 3 of them.
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MI svengali You will note, Otto, that one vote was in Michigan and I was damn proud to cast it for Myron although I did spell his name wrong when writing it in so it probably won't be allowed.
Eoghan
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Remember this answer I do.
Baker Aerospace...sleeping our way into the future. Hoping the future gives us some more government handouts. Go Democrats.
Van - GORE WILL WIN, JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MOOSE

flan the man
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Where is Arron Burr when you need him.
Eoghan
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Eoghan
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I don't support either Bush or Gore, BTW. But the right to vote does entail the responsibility of paying attention to what you're doing while in the booth.
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MI svengali I agree, Eoghan, how can you possibly redo it just because someone say, "Oops, I voted for the wrong guy," a say later. If you don't catch before you turn it in, that's the way it goes. You also make a good point, Sierra Jewel, no need to get all bent out of shape now. I'm waiting for the Dems to call the bald-headed reptile, James Carville, just wait. You know I though hyperbation would grow hair on your palms?
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MI svengali ...a day later, not a say later... I really should proof read.
Electoral College is not free to vote as they wish. In many states they are required BY LAW to vote according to the votes cast in their states. In some states, however, electors are free to vote as they wish. The electors who are chosen, are party faithful and EXTREMELY unlikely to vote for a member of another party. No, this thing will have to be settled in Florida one way or another.
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Ted Boy, do I feel stupid now. Thanks Eoghan. Jimmy should have fun with this one.
tokadi
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fFishkisser -- Great question, however, depending upon your meaning of "not like the others" there is a possibility of two answers. Synechdoche and Hyberbaton. If you are asking according to the spelling, if I remember correctly, "synechdoche" is actually spelled "synecdoche" (no h after the c), and "hyberbaton" is actually spelled "hyperbaton". If you go with the correct spellings of these two words, then "hyperbaton" is the one not like the others, which is what I will guess since we all know spelling is difficult... Great question, though!!!
Crazzzzzzzzzzy Steve
How many Spic's assholes looking for free handouts does it take to make Goron bogus ballots to cheat for a presidency?
booda
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Hans "having a metaleptic fit, if you catch my drift" Brinker here who knows that while the right answer is transpositional as opposed to substitutional like the others, apophasis implies an omission or deletion. You learn stuff like that out by the earthdams which we stick our hand-ends into.
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fFishkisser -- Hmmmm, Sven doesn't want QOD to point at laugh at his picture with Elmo... Just what are you doing to poor, sweet Elmo... Look out belowwwwww.....
CAMEL ****
JocKEY ****
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MI svengali Actually I'm choking the little red bastard.
I am a CAMELjocKEY and I ride my camel to ALLiant because I feel at home wearing my turbyne. You sons of bitcheZ
SpankaPam
NASAJOM!
Homerdog is a DORK
See...my neck is a douche. I think Jimmy was especially talking about Gore.
LuLu oh how big your tits are.
Getting ready to switch to the top of the page.......
Triangles and trapezoids lions and tigers and bears. Oh my.
OOPS.
You're right fFishkisser, that should be hyPerbaton, not hyBerbaton.
"Hans", I like your concise description of "transpositional as opposed to substitutional". Again, you've got your finger on it. Or should I say in it?
Repent Jackson
Repent homerdog
Repent Pinky
Repent Brain
Repent Ba'Bar!!!
Repent Captain Morgan
Repent Machulases
Repent Spock
If JACKSON would just REPENT, this switching to the top of the page would not happen.
REPENT DISCO
REPENT TOPOF PAGE
REPENT JACKSON
Zener is a stinkfinger.
REPENT GAY TAMPA COPS AND JABIL PHAGS AND KEN MCPHABIL AND KEN MCBART
REPENT KEN MCCAR .....rhyms with Ba'bar
Stay home and catachresis on his Millionaire show. Is that your final answer?
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Fartsniffer
ATTENTION QOD People....
I have switched all of you to the top of the page. I can, and will screw up everything. I am an @sshole and RUNT DORK.-Norm Griffith
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Remember, these questions are just for fun, a diversion from real life!
The questions submitted have NOT been checked for accuracy,
Those damn LOCKMARTERS
Dam. Ey ded misspel synechdoche to. Ei shud yus mi spel cheker nexst tym.
-o.n.
Eoghan? Maybe EgoHand. Jackoff.
STINK*INGER over @t D*rkM@rt
Hey Jackson, whoever you are, please repent NOW. I hate this switching to the top of the page.
Aristotle
Oh, I wish I had an Oscar Meyer Stinkfinger then I could shove it in the mouth of THAT DAMN STUPID MAN RUNT DORK AND @SSHOLE, NORMAN L. GRIFFITH
Attention REPENT JACKSON
For the sake of all of us at QOD, just repent, and we will all be happy.
NASAJOM! in Florida.
I think this QOD form originated in Palm Beach County, Florida. Its just too confusing. I want a re-posting.
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Attention REPENT JACKSON
For the sake of all of us at QOD, just repent, and we will all be happy.

Attention REPENT JACKSON
For the sake of all of us at QOD, just repent, and we will all be happy.

Attention REPENT JACKSON
You bad man.

Things got Strange ever since that Doors question.
I won't even mention apophasis.
e=mc2
your name=>
REPENT Mahabharata !>/B?
REPENT Mahabharata ! Opps, sorry!
Thank you JACKSON for repenting. Back to normal.
Anybody see Gore Campaign spokesman Tad Devine on MSNBC last night? 1) What an idiotic name, sounds like one of Hugh Grant's late dates and 2) what a pompass a$$hole he was!
LTWB, do you have a voice like Angie Harmon??
http://www.thedaily.com/bikini.html ahhhhhhhhh
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!"
MEANPERSON
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...easy question, got it first time out....really REALLY! (OH, shutup)
MEANPERSON
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....back again to toss in my two cents worth regarding the voting mess in Florida...now really folks you all know as well as I do that the average age of the people in Florida is 70 and not a one of them could ever again pass a drivers test unassisted...so what makes you think that they could distinguish between BUCHANAN BUSH GORE NADER...it's just a bunch of letters on an eye chart to them!! also....Will someone PULLLLEEESE put Jesse Jackson out of our misery...does that guy ever stay home?
flan the man
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FREE DRINKS at the mini-bar in MEANPERSON's Navigator!
TTL logic devices
I met-on-my way......LOL
Rev. Jesse Jackson, during an interview on NBC-TV's Meet the Press in June 1988, remarked, "There's nothing wrong with having a big ego. It's all right to have a Rolls Royce ego so long as you don't have a bicycle brain. If they coordinate, you can work it out pretty well." The only problem is Jesse has a tricycle brain.
Let's play a new game called: Invent a job for Bill Clinton when he leaves the White House. How about: Coordinator, White House Intern Programs or (my personal favorite) Commander-in-chief, NANVWSRDVW (National Association of Non-Veterans Who Served in Russia During the Vietnam War). Who has some more??
BIETENSIEMICH
BietenSIEmich.

Too Stupid To Live
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- In England, the slang word for cocaine is "Charlie." So when burglars broke into Dee Blyth's home and found a bag of white powder with "Charlie" written on it, they thought they'd hit the jackpot. They snorted and snorted and snorted the stuff. Police found several lines of the powder on the coffee *****. Dee, meanwhile, wondered where her dog "Charlie's" cremated remains got to.
Too Stupid To Live
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- Once again, that would be t-a-b-l-e.
GESUNTITE times 5
who put in the "name" of the 21 close commands ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
terry bigham
bill t.
TEX IS BORING--THE QUESTION IS WHY WAS THE BALLOT SET UP LIKE THAT ? was it to cofuse ?
TEX, maybe you should ask the democrat who designed it because it was a democrat.
Caaaaazzy Steve wins the BaBar over/under. The over/under this week was 33.
Apparently Repent Jackson hasn't done enough Repenting.
Damnnnnnn, back to the top again.
Getting dizzy with all this switching to the top.
BAMA FAN (DUCK HUNTER)
cc caperton
mojo
WONGA TONGA NO FEEL LEFT OUT.
IT'S FINAL - - DEWEY WON FLORIGDA ! !
Why do some people have to be @ssholes and ruin it for the rest of us?
IT'S FINAL - - DEWEY WON FLORIDA ! !
Recently one of our semi-regular students has begun wearing tight white bike shorts to class. The unfortunate part is that she does not wear any underwear with them! (TIP: DON'T EVER DO THAT!) She has been wearing a t-shirt that partially covers her, but as we all know once you get going the t-shirt starts riding up and unfortunately you can see everything. This has created a dilema for the class managers. Should we tell her? Do you think she is aware of this? Should the instructor mention it to her? We don't want to embarrass her, but.. HELP!!!!
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aWysocki
Catachresis? Synechdoche? Where's that boy Nepenthe when you need him???
Dammit, Jim - I'm a doctor, not a rhetorician FRSS neener neener!
Swedge
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I don't know if this is accurate or not, but supposedly someone in the Bush camp said that "the people have spoken." If that's the case, then is Bush going to drop out? The people chose Gore, not Bush. Something to ponder. Bye-bye!
Evil McNasty
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!" Clearly Swedge slept through civics class in school.... ** constitution clearly dictates that the Electorial College determines the next President... Not the popular vote... This is in keeping with the founders intent that the UNITED STATES of America were indeed considere a union of independant sovereign states.... The president, as leader of this union is elected BY the individual states, not the residents of those states directly... The states' votes are weighted proportionately to thier congressional representation... With three additional votes given to represent the District of Columbia... The Media obsession with adding the popular votes of all the states is meaningless dribble....
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!" And another thing...... On that so-called confusing ballot in Palm Beach County........ An elementary school teacher (I don't remember where the school is) gave the ballot to her fourth grade classes... ALL of the eight and nine year olds were able to correctly find the right place to mark the ballot for Al Gore..... In a seperate report, another teacher gave the ballot to her first grade class.... 19 of 24 five year olds managed to successfully choose the right hole for Al Gore.... Conclusion: The Democrats are admitting that many of thier voters have less intelligence than the average five year old........ Gotta love it....
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!" I hope you saw that map in yesterday’s USA Today. It was a map of the United States that showed each and every county. All of the counties that voted for Bush were in red. The counties that voted for Gore were in blue. Essentially --- the map was red. (From the Neil Boortz Show website)
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Ba'Bar - "It's Good to be the King!"
OK here are some facts on this week’s vote from this map and USA Today.

Counties won:
Gore - 677
Bush - 2,434

Square miles won:
Gore - 580,134
Bush - 2,427,039

Population of counties won:
Gore - 127 million
Bush - 143 million
regis
That's a great example of making a statistic say whatever you want it to...
I guess it's a good thing that square miles, and counties don't vote!
Damn, that Ba'Bar is one smart elephant. I love it.
In your face skum suckin' democrat Gorons.
Ba'Bar for U.S. PRESIDENT !!!!!!!!!!
I have six dollars.
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MI svengali To the person who has the tight white shorts person in her class: I may be able to help. Please forward a picture as soon as you can (my e-mail address is avaiable here on QOD), I know an excellent sports doctor who may be able to help.
LTWB, tust me it's wonderful! nite-nite!
Well, at least people are learning how to pronounce "Oregon".
Yeah, well Zener says hey **** time for Friday night fights...true demodorks are as smart as my morning anal massage through the foghorn pipe, but I think that they should be shot. This would include all of the dumb niggers and spics that can't figure out how to use a bal out. **** YA ALL
Re the gal in tight white bike shorts -- is she skinny, heavy or in-between? And, is she wearing a bra? The semi-professional advice I give depends on the answers, so please respond with more details. --- H.H., PhD.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers ride chearfully out of obscurity and into your dreams
trelliemae
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I doth covet the dead bloated peanut butter covered raccoon. But only as a rhetorical device, you understand.
Willard
Dano here w/ the usuals. Prepared to learn something.
Dawnn

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