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    Thursday
    Oct062005

    Did You Hear the One About Coolidge and the Farmer’s Wife?

    jabba.jpgQuote: "We're learning more and more about Tom Delay ... He was nicknamed 'Hot Tub Tom,' got kicked out of Baylor for drinking and ... became a wild party animal who drank 10 martinis a night, or as they call it in Washington, a Kennedy."  Jay Leno.

    Figure of Speech:  ampliatio (am plee OT ee oh), the worn-out label.

    Enough with the Kennedy jokes, at least until the fourth generation is old enough to drink. Poor bloated Teddy probably isn't spending much time in a hot tub these days; and it probably wouldn't be big enough for company.  So we find Leno guilty of an ampliatio, continuing to use a name that's long out of date.

    Snappy Answer:  "I thought they called it a Bush."

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    Reader Comments (2)

    Jokes about the youngest Joe Kennedy son will not be out-of-date until long after he is dead.

    What, no autopsy? Then how do we know Mary Jo Kopechne wasn't murdered? At best, she probably suffocated rather than drowned, thanks to the fat one.
    October 11, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterSomeone Else
    WHO THE HELL IS JON LENO? HE SOUNDS LIKE A @#@$%^% DICH HEAD!
    OMFG! SCREW YOU
    September 15, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterme myself and i

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