July 2010
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“Lindsey Graham […] asks [Kagan] earnestly where she was on Christmas Day when the Christmas Bomber was caught. And without batting an eye she grins: ‘Like most Jews, I was probably in a Chinese restaurant.’”
—Elena Kagan during her senate confirmation hearing
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“The rapid spread of what is, essentially, a binge drinking game puts Smirnoff… in an awkward position, marketing specialists said. ‘Beyond the implicit slur on the beverage’s taste, I doubt any alcoholic beverage company would want to be associated with a drinking game that stretches the boundaries of good taste and common sense like this one does.’”
—The New York Times on the “Bros Icing Bros” phenomenon
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During World War II shuffleboard came into its own. The intrinsic appeal of the game – skill, diversity, competitiveness, availability to young and old, strong and disabled, the serious game, the fun game – offered the kind of release needed in those turbulent years.
Hollywood climbed on the shuffleboard bandwagon and took it up, at first as a source of good publicity. Then when the pin-up girls and bandleaders and actors discovered they really liked the game, shuffleboards found their way into the studios and homes of the stars.
” —I’m pretty sure this Wikipedia entry on shuffleboard is sarcastic.
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