When I was working in Scotland, we'd have weekly team meetings. They were boring, so to pass the time, myself and my colleagues would play a game we made up called Asshole Bingo. We had this overachieving manager, and she would use the worst of the business buzzwords (as a matter of fact, "buzzwords" was a buzzword). Going into the meeting, we would each choose 1-3 of her favorite phrases, and keep score of how many times she used them throughout the meeting, giving ourselves points each time. Things like "outside the box", "rock the boat", "value added" etc etc won me more than a couple of free coffees when I worked there.

That little anecdote was because one of my readers sent me an email of cliches regarding our current scandal, and it reminded me of Asshole Bingo.

Cliches:

The ND's "sold their soul" to the Libs.

That would be the "The devil they know",

On "principle",

For "The benefit of Canadians and the environment".

And "For the children"

But that then "begs the question",

Can the ND's "marriage of convenience"

Now be known as "same sex marrriage"

Or "a coalition of the willing"?,

Living in "a house of cards"

Or "a den of inequity"

Owned by "Canada's natural governing party"
with "their partner in crime?"

By propping up "the corrupt Liberal government"
are they now "thick as thieves"?

If an election is called both parties will be "dead ducks in the water"

Because as Pauly says "let me be very, very clear"
that "when the pony dies, the ride is over"!!

Oh yes, I almost forgot,
God Bless George Bush and Fox News,
"Fair and Balanced"

J.