----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 10:53 AM Subject: LSSU 2006 List of Banished Words
> > I ran across this on some obscure news page, and then after reading > it, also > saw it on ABCnews.com. You have to visit the webpage and read the > short > description to appreciate why some of these made it to the banished > list. > > >>From the Banished Words history page... > In order to gain the most media coverage possible, the Banishment > List is > released each year on New Year's Day. This is attributed to former > newsman > Rabe's knowledge of the press. New Year's Day is traditionally a > slow news > day. > > > 2006 list... > > BREAKING NEWS - Once it stopped presses. Now it's a lower-intestinal > condition brought about by eating dinner during newscasts. "Now they > have to > interrupt my supper to tell me that Katie Holmes is pregnant." - > Michael > Raczko, Swanton, Ohio. > > DESIGNER BREED - Many nominators consider this a bastardization of > dog > breeding. It may be a good line to use on angry neighbors when an > un-neutered dog escapes. "When you mate a miniature schnauzer to a > toy > poodle, it's not a 'Schnoodle,' it's a mongrel." - George > Bullerjahn, > Bowling Green, Ohio. > > > SURREAL > HUNKER DOWN > PERSON OF INTEREST > COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS > UP OR DOWN VOTE > 97% FAT FREE > FEMA > FIRST-TIME CALLER > PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU! > AN ACCIDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN > JUNK SCIENCE > GIT-ER-DONE > DAWG > TALKING POINTS > HOLIDAY TREE > > http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php > Unfortunately, "Git'R'Done" isn't going away fast enough for me. The thing I hate most about Larry the Cable Guy is that he makes dumb-uninterested-hick-southerness appear to possess some sort of mantle of coolness. This, IMO, causes unsophisticates to further embrace the redneck ethic of "stupidity worship as a virtue". And *that* is a little too close to Cut'N'Shoot, Texas for my taste. xponent Unlike Sgt. York Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
