1,000 Words

1,000 Words: Flipped-Out Over Snow Edition

By Karen Tumulty | February 12, 2010 | +

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  • apr2563

    Boehner: Come on Cantor, quit showboating. We have to get out of town before that d**n Health Care Reform forum with Obama.

  • sacredh

    I love having the Olympics here in Canada.

  • sacredh

    We’re taking back America one stupid stunt at a time.

  • sacredh

    Attention whores plague our monuments.

  • jcapan

    U.S. Senators at play while their avatars participate in illusory kabuki, legislating away the ills plaguing their constituents.

  • sacredh

    Whoa…two plague comments in a row at the same time. You have now entered the Twilight Zone.

  • square1

    Finally, someone gets something done in D.C.

  • sacredh

    Upon hearing the news that the republicans were coming back in power, the pages flee as fast as possible.

  • jcapan

    Something about great (or twisted) minds? I have a Henry Fielding quote stuck to my monitor:

    “Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.”

    Not sure it applies to ADD-whores, but the senate? A pox on that house for certain.

  • sacredh

    LOL. I have “Abandon all hope all ye who enter here” on my monitor.

  • sacredh

    This is why people need health insurance.

  • http://twitter.com/ktumulty Karen Tumulty

    I have: “You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.” — Super Chicken, 1970

  • jcapan

    Ah, but KT, Super Chicken was deep on so many levels!
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    Money dialogue:

    “If he was born rich, why did he become a thief?”
    .
    “To STAY rich!”
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    “Oh.”

  • deconstructiva

    Karen, is that you on the skis? And Amy in the air?

  • deconstructiva

    So this is where they moved the ski events …where the snow is.

  • deconstructiva

    Tourists in the back:
    “It’s fun watching those TIME reporters ski, but why are there hundreds of trucks coming up the street?”
    “Are they shipping more goods and jobs to China again?”
    “No, dear, those are refrigerated trucks. They’re gathering up the snow and hauling it to Vancouver.”

  • deconstructiva

    apr, I think they are trying to leave town …on skis. I’ll bet roads still suck there and per KT’s tweets, there’s gridlock with blocked-off streets.

  • apr2563

    Perfect metaphor, huh?

  • apr2563

    Nah, the one in the air is JK, trying to decide which side to come down on.

  • deconstructiva

    apr, that’s hilarious, ftw!

  • sacredh

    apr2563: Very funny. ftw
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    Damn! I wish I had thought of that one.

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