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<snip> Professional wit Dorothy Parker famously informed Calvin Coolidge of her bet that she could get more than two words out of him. “You lose,” the future President coolly responded.
What might the word-count over-under be for a dinner-party wager on the current President?
Silent Cal, meet Wordy Barry, the Illinois Big Mouth, the Pedantic President, our Loquacious Leader. Somebody sneak Run DMC’s “You Talk Too Much” onto the presidential iPod: “You talk when you’re awake, I heard you talk when you sleep / Has anyone ever told you, that talk is cheap?”
<snip> Professional wit Dorothy Parker famously informed Calvin Coolidge of her bet that she could get more than two words out of him. “You lose,” the future President coolly responded.
What might the word-count over-under be for a dinner-party wager on the current President?
Silent Cal, meet Wordy Barry, the Illinois Big Mouth, the Pedantic President, our Loquacious Leader. Somebody sneak Run DMC’s “You Talk Too Much” onto the presidential iPod: “You talk when you’re awake, I heard you talk when you sleep / Has anyone ever told you, that talk is cheap?”