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Saturday Open Thread

by John Cole|  October 15, 20051:08 pm| 9 Comments

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‘Tis homecoming weekend, big football games, and I think I have strep throat, so we are going to have to make do with an open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Mike S

    October 15, 2005 at 1:15 pm

    I hope you just have a sore throat from yelling at the ump/catcher, whichever side you come down on.

  2. 2.

    Ancient Purple

    October 15, 2005 at 1:41 pm

    I hope you feel well soon, John. Strep is never fun. :o(

  3. 3.

    Ancient Purple

    October 15, 2005 at 1:41 pm

    Well, that should have been a sad face. Blah!

    Get well soon.

  4. 4.

    Davebo

    October 15, 2005 at 1:48 pm

    I’d blame the strep on Dubya’s broom handle John.

  5. 5.

    ppGaz

    October 15, 2005 at 1:48 pm

    Get well soon, John.

  6. 6.

    Paddy O'Shea

    October 15, 2005 at 1:51 pm

    Looks like The Hero Of New Orleans put his pink patrician foot in his mouth again this fine fall morning. While regurgitating for the upteenth time his vow to never pull out of Iraq until it is a safe location for Wal*Marts, Taco Bells and a shiny new Aladdin-themed Disney park, the addled recipient of the gene depleted Walker pedigree compared the accursed place to Viet Nam, which, as tightie-rightie lore would have it, was a great military victory only undercut by pot smoking hippies who forced Gerald Ford to desert the freedom-loving peoples there.

    I don’t think the lads over at Free Republic are going to express much glee over the Executive Nincompoop referencing Vietnam as a symbol of military failure. After all, so many of them have met people who fought there.

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    Veeshir

    October 15, 2005 at 3:00 pm

    That’s beautiful, just beautiful.
    Incoherent, but beautiful.

    Don’t forget to get plenty of clear liquids John. Mix them with some juice and you’ll feel fine. Or at least you won’t care as much if you feel like crap.

  8. 8.

    Sojourner

    October 15, 2005 at 8:25 pm

    Take it easy, John. I had strep throat six years ago. I didn’t take it easy and it turned into pneumonia.

  9. 9.

    Krista

    October 15, 2005 at 9:31 pm

    I didn’t know strep throat could turn into pneumonia. Wacky stuff.

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