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10. It's called "kidding on the square"

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 04:53 PM

Jan 2018

So that the despicable thing someone said can always be walked back as "just a joke" for outsiders. But the people the joke is directed at know better, and they've been put on notice.

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"I'll give her a week." [View all] Miles Archer Jan 2018 OP

What a nasty human being. IluvPitties Jan 2018 #1

K & R perfect analogy.."He's a curved mirror in which America can see its deformed self." Wwcd Jan 2018 #3

I can't even come up with any words to reply to that. Ohiogal Jan 2018 #2

"Despicable fuckwad" is a starting point... JHB Jan 2018 #5

That's good, thank you! Ohiogal Jan 2018 #12

Clueless, utterly clueless and narcissistic... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #4

Its stunning isn't it. Wwcd Jan 2018 #6

What a sorry piece of shit. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #7

What a living nightmare. One of his ex wives said he used to watch every bite of food she ate. nt Hekate Jan 2018 #8

He was joking maxsolomon Jan 2018 #9

It's called "kidding on the square" gratuitous Jan 2018 #10

i've never heard that. maxsolomon Jan 2018 #11

I first came across it in Al Franken's book gratuitous Jan 2018 #14

So sayeth the country's walking Adonis. nt Buns_of_Fire Jan 2018 #13

What a disgusting PIG! smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #15

... left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #16

It's amazing how he's maintained his boyish figure all these years..... He's shaped Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2018 #17

It sounds like a prediction, not a threat DavidDvorkin Jan 2018 #18