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Bobbie75's avatar

REPUTABLE? I am highly offended. TBR is much more reputable than those cowardly other sources! They are burying the stories!

Besides, I stand behind Andy! Every word he writes is true.

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

Thanks for correcting the record.

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Amy Cain's avatar

100% sounds absolutely like something Vanwinkle would say! No Doubt in my mind!

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Lia's avatar

Andy’s stories have truthiness

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Bobbie75's avatar

No one has ever seen such stories!

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John Townsend's avatar

--and the bite of toothiness!

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Kent Olsen's avatar

The TBR is where I get my news! That and the late shows. I trust nothing else.

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felice's avatar

they may not be true, but they sure are funny - or maybe not exactly funny. more like mordantly true

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Annette's avatar

if a false story is published and no one laughs, is it really a false story?

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Robert E.'s avatar

Don't repeat that question in the forest sans hard hat.

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Annette's avatar

heard :)

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John Townsend's avatar

Yes, especially a story about Trump and his administration where you really

can't tell the difference sometimes.

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Maria Jette's avatar

But they ARE true, in the sense of being the GREATER TRUTH.

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Mary Gilbert's avatar

Or as my husband always says, “I speak in truth, not fact.”.

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John Townsend's avatar

Your man's a prophet!

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Paul Snyderman's avatar

I'm totally in agreement. TBR is reputable by definition as it is reliable and trustworthy. So is Snopes. JD - reliable but not trustworthy IMHO.

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David Veeneman's avatar

ANDY BOROWITZ WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!

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John Townsend's avatar

Now for a blue hat on which all that can fit!

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Mary Gilbert's avatar

At least figuratively if not literally

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L. R. Abramson's avatar

Bobbie, given Andy's integrity, insight, decency, intellect and all the other applicable "I" and "D" words, we should be standing 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 him. You know what I mean.

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Carole Nemnich's avatar

Well, I would say,”…true-ish”. And certainly believable! And, certainly more entertaining than his subjects.

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M.E. Lawrence's avatar

And if it's not true yet, it will be true, and sooner than we would like.

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Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin's avatar

And you will give them more work in the future! Someone has to keep this economy going.

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Rick McCourt's avatar

How many of the 22,000 new jobs were at Snopes or working for Andy? America thanks you.

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Alan's avatar

Rick -- that's an easy question. The answer is 1,500 percent and it's been certified by the new people at the BLS.

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Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin's avatar

Many were women in labor too!!

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Bobbie75's avatar

If they are in Labor, they should be paid!

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Jerome Vanderberg's avatar

We have a Secretary of Labor who should be in charge of such events and deliver the news.

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John Townsend's avatar

--via the stork!

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Michael L Flynn's avatar

I thought the Secretary of Labor was a midwife.

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M.E. Lawrence's avatar

YES! And they should be paid a hell of a lot more than Donald or any of his lackeys "earn." A woman's labor produces a citizen, for god's sake. (And, usually, an adorable little creature who takes our worried minds off whatever horrible thing Donald and his lackeys have just done.)

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Annette's avatar

<giggle<

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Annette's avatar

<snicker>

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Bob Graham's avatar

? BSL. BS labor statistics.

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Annette's avatar

<standing ovation>

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Bradford W.'s avatar

Just wait until AI starts citing Andy as an authoritative source. Whoa Nellie!

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Bobbie75's avatar

Pretty sure Alexa has been studying his posts.

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Frau Katze's avatar

I’m surprised that hasn’t already happened. It constantly makes mistakes.

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L. R. Abramson's avatar

Frau, if you're suggesting that Andy is not a reliable source, 𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦!

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John Townsend's avatar

Saber rattling?

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John Townsend's avatar

Circuits and servers will fry, fry, fry!

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Paul Levine's avatar

The 'real' story here is how fucking stupid, on balance, the citizens of the US have become.

On the other hand, Andy, thanks for stimulating economic developement!

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It's Come To This's avatar

Mucho, mucho estupido.

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John Townsend's avatar

"Muy, muy estupido!"

Adverbs modify adjectives. Now you can cuss me out in Spanish!

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It's Come To This's avatar

👏👍

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Elizabeth Block's avatar

Have become? They were smart before?

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L. R. Abramson's avatar

Paul, I don't think that the citizenry has become stupider. We just didn't notice before the past few years.

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Alan's avatar
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Andy -- you definitely deserve a Nobel Pizza Prize for keeping the Snopes investigators employed and certainly well fed with late-night pizzas as they dig for the facts.

If you don't mind, perhaps you could share the award with one of the other all-time greats, Jack Webb, whose theme was "Just the facts ma'am". 🤔

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Alan's avatar
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On further reflection, if Mr. Webb were alive today, as Joe Friday he would have responded to Andy's Labor Day report with "Justa Facts ma'am". 🤰

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Pam Birkenfeld's avatar

Showing your age Alan!😂

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Alan's avatar
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Pam, I'm one of many Boomers proud to be on Team TBR! 😉👍

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M. Wolff's avatar

Some of us fans are even pre-boomers with long memories of outrage, but not nearly the bumper crop of current outrages.

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Mary-Chilton van Hees's avatar

Be fair, reruns on tv for all ages…👍

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Pam Birkenfeld's avatar

I know, I’m an ancient boomer myself, and I just watched Hogans Heroes !

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John Townsend's avatar

Colonel Klink would end up in the Trump administration!

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misia.d's avatar

Never!

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Marmo's avatar

🤣🤣, Though odd to think of Justa and Facts in the same sentence.

On the other hand . . . "Justa Facts" could become slang for "damnable lies." As in: "You can't believe what he says because he keeps telling Justa Facts."

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Alan's avatar

Marmo -- I think you've couched it correctly 😉🛋️

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Marmo's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣! Oh, you're bad, Alan! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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SUZANNE Marie McAdam's avatar

Aaarghhh

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SUZANNE Marie McAdam's avatar

OK, Al, the groans are starting to hurt. lol

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Alan's avatar

Suzanne, try to turn your groans into chuckles during these highly troubled times -- it's often therapeutic! Plus we're all "grownups". 😉

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Pam Birkenfeld's avatar

Dad jokes!

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Annette's avatar

Andy, you also deserve a Noble prize for being so humble and courteous! (and honorable mention for Cookie and Mousse)

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Frau Katze's avatar

Nobel Pizza Prize! 😺😺😺

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Kate Decker's avatar

:-) !!

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Mirla G. Raz's avatar

Nobel Pizza Prize in Economics.

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Mark Van Stone, Ph.D., G.F.'s avatar

I must admit, that when I saw this column I thought –for a moment– “Did JDV *really* say that?“ but then I realized, “Of course not; it’s Andy Borowitz!“

I am old enough to remember the great political humorist Art Buchwald. When he retired, he said, “The world is getting so crazy, people can’t tell reality from satire anymore.”

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Alan's avatar
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Mark, thanks for giving a shout out to Art Buchwald (or as they say, "the late, great Art Buchwald". Andy is without a doubt a worthy heir to the satirical throne with his own unique style. .

Buchwald once fabricated a transcript of a totally fictitious classified Pentagon meeting - only to be asked by an NSA official who leaked the actual meeting's contents!

Here's more on Art: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/07/he-has-been-forgotten-why-humorist-art-buchwald-should-be-remembered

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History Rhymes With Lee's avatar

He was my graduation speaker at W&M. His speech was hilarious, but my uptight attitude at the time didn't appreciate his tone, as in his final admonition to us: "America is a great country; don't screw it up!" My roommate and I did not join in the standing ovation for him. YEARS later I learned that my friend Phyllis Theroux was his friend. Knowing he was ill, I wanted to write a long-deserved apology. She told me the nursing home he was in at the end. I called to get the address. The nurse said, "Well, do you want to speak to him?" Oh my god. Before I knew it, I'm talking with Art Buchwald. I told him I was sorry that I didn't stand up for him that May day in 1980. Without a pause, he said, "Oh YOU were the one. Don't think I didn't notice!" We enjoyed a big laugh. He died a few weeks later.

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Mary Gilbert's avatar

What a great story-it’s never too late to apologize!

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misia.d's avatar

How great that you made that call!

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Lucky you! You gave him the final laugh.

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L. R. Abramson's avatar

A lovely, delicious experience, Lee. I have a very few letter stories of my own, but will say only that, several months ago, Hilton Als, delivering a presentation at an organization's celebration of him, threw in "Write the letter" at a random moment. It didn't relate specifically to anything he'd been speaking of, but was a thought he deemed worth sharing. He was so correct. I just hope that people understand that there are ways to do it.

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History Rhymes With Lee's avatar

So true and a good reminder. It's all part of a return to civility, of honor. Also, somehow emails and texts just aren't the same. Will they be my legacy to my kids? Or will they just float away into the ether like me? That's partly why I wrote a memoir, so I can have the last say!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4MFS8FF

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L. R. Abramson's avatar

A memoir is a special gift to the kids and grandkids and then some. Now, eons too late, I wonder about all sorts of things about my parents and grandparents. They didn't say much and I didn't ask. All I can do is guess at some things and accept that I'll never know the rest. But I see this as different from the occasional letter to an admired stranger, usually well-known.

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Wendy Tucker's avatar

Alan! Thank you. I just read the 2022 article in The Guardian about Buchwald. I was always a fan. He had leukemia & was in hospice but he didn't die on schedule. One of my favorite stories. He was able to stay---probably because the laughter he caused was so therapeutic.

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Linda Mitchell, KCMO's avatar

Andy, as you always say, everything you write is true--or will be some day. I am delighted that your soon-to-be-true quotations placed in the mouths of members of this maladministration have been taken as fact by those who have no sense of humor but a whole lotta grievance, no matter the side of the aisle they might be on.

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Bradford W.'s avatar

Do you suppose Andy could write about me winning the lottery?

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Linda Mitchell, KCMO's avatar

🤣

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John Townsend's avatar

Me, me, too!

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Marmo's avatar

Linda Mitchell - I don't think the TBR reports are taken as facts only by those who have no sense of humor. I think that anybody believe these posts as fact because so many crazy things have already happened - things that nobody believed could happen, but then they did. So, now even the most incredible thing could be real. I think that is what's going on. When TBR said that Dump had pardoned Maxwell so she could replace Bondi, for a moment I thought it had actually happened and I needed to check where the story came from to calm myself. When I was telling a friend about the joke, she at first thought I was telling her it had really happened - because we're ready to believe any fool thing these days. That still might happen in the real world (should not have given Dump the idea).

I do want to thank you, Linda Mithchell, for "maladministration" - I LOVE that. I will use it, and it has inspired "madministration" to come to mind. THANK YOU for this - it is spot on.

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Amy Cain's avatar

Yes, maladministration is pure GENIUS!!! t.y.!

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Marmo's avatar

Thanks to Linda Mitchell KCMO for that perfect wording.

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Kathleen Brown's avatar

I love that you can make me laugh in spite of all.

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Dennis Black's avatar

Should be 400, 800 maybe even 600 percent.

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Nancy T's avatar

Humor and satire are a reflection of the truth. So sayeth my 103 year old grandma

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Bobbie75's avatar

I like the word reflection. Like a funhouse mirror.

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Frances López's avatar

She would know.

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L. R. Abramson's avatar

Nancy, please tell your grandma that I'm available for adoption.

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Glenn Ebo Perry's avatar

“Liar!Liar! Flaming pants!”

No one spins a whopper like JD Vance.

Did our POTUS trifle with damsels, minor?

Make an application of thick eyeliner.

Take a trip to Greenland, Usha in tow,

Bothering the Inuit Esquimeaux.

Jetting out of Greenland,

Back to DC,

Polishing your Donald Trump eulogy

It’s clearer by the day that Trump’s insane,

Promulgating nonsense;

Circling the drain.

When The Donald’s gone,

Issue first a memo

That you will proceed with the East

Wing demo.

Think of all the furniture

In the East Wing,

Perfect for an overstuffed sofa fling.

Ohio Haitian refugees,

Eating dogs and cats?

Suggest they try some fricasseed Democrats.

You will be superb as our new Dear Leader,

But I am getting tired of this poem’s meter.

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Glenn Ebo Perry's avatar

I won’t need elaboration, ‘cause the Truth is frightening.

In my Mellow Breakfast Roast

I add some fine White Lightening.

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Glenn Ebo Perry's avatar

Even now, I hear the twang of George Jones:

🎶Mighty mighty pleasin’

Pappy’s corn squeezin’s! (Pop!)

White lightning’!🎶

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Annette's avatar

<standing ovation and loud whistle of appreciation>

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Erik Staub's avatar

Wow. Can I have what you drank for breakfast?

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Pamela Cass's avatar

If only Starbucks had liquor licenses and a staff old enough to sell it...🤔

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Wendy Tucker's avatar

A great poem and you shall be forgiven for the meter flaws. Love 'Iuit Esquimeaux.'

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Glenn Ebo Perry's avatar

Wendy,

When the welkin rings

And I head up yonder,

There are many things I’ll have time to ponder.

I’m assuming that I can get past St.Peter,

With his cherubs keeping track of rhyme and meter.

They can tell a dactyl from a bad spondee,

And deplore the verse that is described as “free”.

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Amy Cain's avatar

100%!

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Marmo's avatar

Glenn Ebo Perry strikes again - and hits another bullseye!

Thanks for this. Every one is the best one.

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Kate Decker's avatar

Fricasseed Democrats. Yum!! :-) !!

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John Townsend's avatar

with 50 herbs and spices!

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J. P. Dwyer's avatar

Andy, When you're a POS, inevitably you will say dumbass things. Thanks for reporting humorous news instead of MAGA do-do.

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L B Rose's avatar

MAGA spreads hate and fear. Andy spreads laughter and community. MUCH better!

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Rodney Bell's avatar

Love it—brilliant!

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JoAnne Gatti-Petito's avatar

You make me smile with your satire. It’s so funny because it’s almost plausible. But only a fool would believe it’s actually true. Of course, they lie so much, it could be true.

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Eric Rosenbaum's avatar

I'm still waiting for Snopes to debunk Trump's description of Arnold Palmer's equipment.

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Alan's avatar
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Eric, don't give him any ideas. The next thing you know he'll be appointing Arnie as The Vice Putter in his Department of War, staffed by Arnie's army and, of course, Frederick Douglas. ⛳️

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ceekaycee's avatar

Alan -

Frederick Douglas would probably be put on the list to be picked up by ICE.

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Annette's avatar

his gravesite is about 40 minutes from my house; I'll stand guard, if needed.

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misia.d's avatar

I think are looking for him!

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Bobbie75's avatar

I just wonder why the felon is checking out other men’s “equipment.”

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

You don't want to go there...

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Annette's avatar

<snort laugh> NO one does, bitchy3

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Pamela Cass's avatar

He might had overheard something Melania was giggling about...🤭🤔

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Robert E.'s avatar

His pet name in bed: "Shorty".

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Frances López's avatar

Because he has to "be best."

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John Townsend's avatar

To see what it really looks like--without a magnifying glass!

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Robert E.'s avatar

With his flab, being able to "see it" requires mirrors and faith.

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Glenn Sills's avatar

I checked the veracity of this story at my own fact checking website, https ://thesmartassgeezer.com, and it said this story was true.

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