Stupidgate
Yeah, it's probably been said before, but why do people insist on calling every scandal and attempted "coverup" that's out there "every scandal and attempted 'coverup' that's out there-gate?" You've got CBS memogate, the Clintons' travelgate, and, of course, Janet Jackson's nipplegate. More recently, we've been subjected to Foleygate, Katrinagate and Macacagate. Enough with the "gates" already. Sheesh.
posted by G @ 2:44 PM
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4 Comments:
This has gone on long enough.
I actually read the entire post "Stupidgate" for the first time in about six months.
Great Post!
Looks like you are ten months smarter than a Bill Simmons reader:
Q: I hate Nixon because of Watergate -- not because he did something stupid or illegal, but because every time somebody does something stupid or illegal now, "Gate" gets tacked onto the end of it. The Patriots are the latest example with "CameraGate." Everything bad ends with "Gate." I hate it. What if Nixon's burglars had broken into the Ritz Carlton? Would it have been "CameraCarlton" this week? Or "CameraRitz?" I don't think so. The expiration on tacking Gate onto the end of everything expired 20 years ago. I suggest you start a new naming convention for these kinds of stupidities and illegalities.
-- Pat P., Dallas
SG: Not until there's a huge scandal at Colgate University. We need a ColgateGate.
Now blog again, because when we hit a year of this no-blogging nonsense, I'm never coming back.
(I know I'm a super gaywad for even coming back now)
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