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Re: Election news

From Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: Election news
Date 2017-06-09 08:09 +0200
Message-ID <epuscbF90rmU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2017-06-09 05:17:10 +0000, Tony Cooper said:

> I had lunch at a Wendy's today.  There is a flat-screen TV on the wall
> tuned to CNN.  Some UK election coverage was being shown.  No sound,
> but closed-captioned with headlines streaming across the bottom of the
> screen.  The couple behind me in line were engaged in this
> conversation:
> 
> Wife:  		Who are they voting for?
> 
> Husband:  	The May woman is running for re-election.
> 
> Wife:  		For what?
> 
> Husband:  	Prime Minister.  She's not doing well.
> 
> Wife:  		She's a Republican?  It says she's a conservative.
> 
> Husband:  	Yeah, Trump's causing a lot of conservatives to bolt.
> 
> Wife:		Who's the Democrat she's running against?
> 
> Husband:	Corbett or Corbey or something.
> 
> Wife:		It says she's running against the Labor guy.
> 
> Husband: 	Well, the unions always back the Democrats.
> 
> Wife:		Are the Russians involved there, too?
> 
> Husband:	Probably.
> 
> 

That conversation is positively cerebral compared with one I heard 
while spending 20 minutes queuing for lunch at Yellowstone National 
Park 25 years ago. The couple behind me spent the entire time 
discussing whether the husband liked pizza.

Husband: I think I might have a piece of pizza.

Wife: But you don't like pizza.

(Pause)

Husband: I think I might have a piece of pizza.

Wife: But you don't like pizza.

(Pause)

Husband: I think I might have a piece of pizza.

Wife: But you don't like pizza.

(Pause)

Husband: I think I might have a piece of pizza.

Wife: But you don't like pizza.

Repeated, with slight variations, for 20 minutes.



-- 
athel

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Election news Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 01:17 -0400
  Re: Election news Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2017-06-09 08:09 +0200
  Re: Election news occam <occam@127.0.0.1> - 2017-06-09 10:54 +0200
  Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-09 13:39 +0200
    Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-10 09:51 +0200
  Re: Election news the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 14:09 +0100
    Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-09 06:30 -0700
      Re: Election news Katy Jennison <katy@spamtrap.kjennison.com> - 2017-06-09 15:12 +0100
        Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-09 16:34 +0200
          Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-09 08:09 -0700
            Re: Election news Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 08:46 -0700
              Re: Election news the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 16:50 +0100
                Re: Election news Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 08:51 -0700
                Re: Election news Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 08:53 -0700
                Re: Election news the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 17:07 +0100
                Re: Election news Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2017-06-12 02:32 +1000
              Re: Election news Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> - 2017-06-09 17:45 +0100
                Re: Election news Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2017-06-12 02:42 +1000
              Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-09 09:53 -0700
        Re: Election news Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> - 2017-06-09 16:28 +0100
        Re: Election news "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2017-06-09 17:22 +0100
          Re: Election news LFS <lauraDRAGON.spira@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 18:02 +0100
            Re: Election news "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2017-06-09 18:54 +0100
              Re: Election news HVS <usenet@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2017-06-10 20:12 +0100
        Re: Election news the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 12:24 +0100
          Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-11 11:04 +0200
        Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-10 06:42 -0700
          Re: Election news HVS <usenet@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2017-06-10 18:38 +0100
            Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-10 15:19 -0700
              Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-10 22:31 -0700
            Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-11 11:04 +0200
              Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-11 05:33 -0700
                Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-11 17:34 +0200
                Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-11 10:33 -0700
                Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-11 10:37 -0700
                Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-11 20:54 +0200
              Re: Election news Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2017-06-11 06:27 -0700
              Re: Election news David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 09:49 -0700
            Re: Election news HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2017-06-11 14:28 +0100
              Re: Election news Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2017-06-12 23:44 +1000
            Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-11 10:43 -0700
            Re: Election news Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2017-06-12 21:50 +1000
              Re: Election news Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> - 2017-06-12 07:46 -0500
                Re: Election news Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2017-06-12 23:35 +1000
              Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-12 06:16 -0700
              Re: Election news "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-12 19:57 -0700
        Re: Election news occam <occam@127.0.0.1> - 2017-06-10 23:12 +0200
        Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-11 11:04 +0200
          Re: Election news nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2017-06-11 17:34 +0200
          Re: Election news Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> - 2017-06-11 17:28 +0100
    Re: Election news Quinn C <lispamateur@crommatograph.info> - 2017-06-09 13:13 -0400

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