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Qutzupalotl

(14,287 posts) Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:41 PM Nov 2020

It's not actually a coup

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it’s not actually a coup unless it comes from the coup d'état region of france, otherwise it’s just a sparkling authoritarian takeover

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It's not actually a coup (Original Post) Qutzupalotl Nov 2020 OP

It's a coop, a chicken coop. Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #1

Well Played! Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #2

We have champagne from California pandr32 Nov 2020 #3

lol, it's not even prosecco. it's amateur-sucko. unblock Nov 2020 #4

Box wine doesn't count? mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 #5

Sneederbunk

(14,278 posts)

1. It's a coop, a chicken coop.

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:46 PM

Nov 2020

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. Well Played!

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:49 PM

Nov 2020

pandr32

(11,555 posts)

3. We have champagne from California

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:50 PM

Nov 2020

but I guess it's just a sparkling wine. Still, we know what we mean when we call it champagne. We know what we mean when we use the expression 'coup' attempt or 'coup d'état' too.