Comments on: The Number Game http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: tofubo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73645 tofubo Mon, 14 May 2007 22:47:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73645 as for the three named assassins meme, it's 'cus when reporting a name for a crime like that, there could be more than one John Booth, Lee Oswald, or Mark Chapman in that town, and it's there for clarification as for the three named assassins meme, it’s ‘cus when reporting a name for a crime like that, there could be more than one John Booth, Lee Oswald, or Mark Chapman in that town, and it’s there for clarification

]]> By: Brian http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73644 Brian Mon, 14 May 2007 19:18:47 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73644 Leave her alone!! She looks pretty high anyway. She has a headache too, leave her alone. GO AWAY RIAA!!! R-I-A-A GO AWAY Leave her alone!! She looks pretty high anyway. She has a headache too, leave her alone. GO AWAY RIAA!!! R-I-A-A GO AWAY

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73643 Anonymous Mon, 14 May 2007 19:12:01 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73643 Leave people like this alone RIAA!!!!http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/480/nenh10205131839;_ylt=AmomLWOFWyaWuf3jLpaHmgBk24cA Fuck the RIAA!!! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!! POWER!!!!!! Leave people like this alone RIAA!!!!http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/480/nenh10205131839;_ylt=AmomLWOFWyaWuf3jLpaHmgBk24cA

Fuck the RIAA!!! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!! POWER!!!!!!

]]> By: Brian http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73642 Brian Mon, 14 May 2007 19:09:48 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73642 The Lackawanna Seven, the Four Horsemen, the Fun Bunch, the Purple People Eaters, the Purple Nurple People, the Eight Men Out, the the the The Lackawanna Seven, the Four Horsemen, the Fun Bunch, the Purple People Eaters, the Purple Nurple People, the Eight Men Out, the the the

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73641 fd10801 Mon, 14 May 2007 15:41:43 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73641 Sal and Jay T: I worked with a guy who used to say: Right Arm! Far East! Outa State! Sal and Jay T:

I worked with a guy who used to say:

Right Arm!

Far East!

Outa State!

]]> By: Jay Tea http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73640 Jay Tea Mon, 14 May 2007 00:40:32 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73640 If we're going by historical precedent, I'll claim the current record for oldest reference with the "Hollywood Ten," the ten screenwriters who were blacklisted due to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. That beats the Chicago Seven (or Eight, as they were first called) by over a decade. And Sal... you got me to laugh out loud, VERY loud, at that joke. It might be old, but it was new to me.. J. If we’re going by historical precedent, I’ll claim the current record for oldest reference with the “Hollywood Ten,” the ten screenwriters who were blacklisted due to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. That beats the Chicago Seven (or Eight, as they were first called) by over a decade.

And Sal… you got me to laugh out loud, VERY loud, at that joke. It might be old, but it was new to me..

J.

]]> By: SalHepatica http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73639 SalHepatica Sun, 13 May 2007 23:02:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73639 Free the Indianapolis 500! Sorry, old gag. Free the Indianapolis 500!

Sorry, old gag.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73638 C.S.Strowbridge Sun, 13 May 2007 16:44:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73638 "It's similar to naming every scandal as "blah-blah-gate"." I hate the Gate suffix. I mean I really hate it. I hate it almost as much as I hate the New York Rangers. “It’s similar to naming every scandal as “blah-blah-gate”.”

I hate the Gate suffix. I mean I really hate it. I hate it almost as much as I hate the New York Rangers.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73637 Nimrod Gently Sun, 13 May 2007 15:54:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73637 Where I come from it usually means they're innocent. The Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four, the Maguire Seven. Where I come from it usually means they’re innocent. The Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four, the Maguire Seven.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73636 Nimrod Gently Sun, 13 May 2007 15:50:06 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73636 Where I come from it usually means they're innocent. The Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four, the Maguire Seven. Where I come from it usually means they’re innocent. The Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four, the Maguire Seven.

]]> By: Dexter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/13/the-number-game/#comment-73635 Dexter Sun, 13 May 2007 15:09:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6247#comment-73635 It's similar to naming every scandal as "blah-blah-gate". It may have started with the coverage of the "Chicago Seven" trial during the Vietnam era. Reporters are just too lazy to think up new names, so they re-cycle the old ones. It’s similar to naming every scandal as “blah-blah-gate”. It may have started with the coverage of the “Chicago Seven” trial during the Vietnam era.

Reporters are just too lazy to think up new names, so they re-cycle the old ones.

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