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54. Being the same age as Joe Biden, I found it delightfully funny exactly because it's
Tue Dec 22, 2020, 10:10 PM
Dec 2020

out of whack and brings back so many archaic phrases. It’s meaningless but somehow completely right. Think of the infinite ways the phrase “one horse pony” could be interpreted! We can’t spend our lives worrying about how the other side will pounce on any given thing. They’re always going to do that no matter what happens and no matter what Joe says.

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A one-horse pony? Gotta love it. NT enough Dec 2020 #1
LOL.. it has me laughing! ROFL! Cha Dec 2020 #10
I am curious how that is funny Skittles Dec 2020 #16
It's like a Yogi Berra malapropism. Just funny. Greg K Dec 2020 #19
Exactly so Hekate Dec 2020 #39
Ha! My boss could mangle a phrase, too. hotdamn00 Dec 2020 #42
It's funny because, though slightly off, it shoots down a Fox fool RVN VET71 Dec 2020 #29
Good own for a One Doocey Channel Captain Zero Dec 2020 #48
It should be SCantiGOP Dec 2020 #32
I think it's a portmanteau. Doocy's a one-trick pony in a one-horse town! Tanuki Dec 2020 #35
Okay, THAT'S funny! dchill Dec 2020 #47
yes Skittles Dec 2020 #43
Being the same age as Joe Biden, I found it delightfully funny exactly because it's enough Dec 2020 #54
Bwaaahaaahaa! Humiliated that Doocy in less than 6 seconds. Budi Dec 2020 #2
I wonder if he said it that way on purpose. madaboutharry Dec 2020 #3
That's A Good Catch! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #5
they can't really use this to suggest he's too old, and they're always looking for those certainot Dec 2020 #26
That's The Beauty! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #51
I thought Rebl2 Dec 2020 #31
Works for me. Doocy's Doozy deserved a beatdown onetexan Dec 2020 #49
A lyin' dog face pony soldier lame54 Dec 2020 #4
LOL Cha Dec 2020 #12
Ah, I had to look it up. I've heard of "one-trick pony" and that is apt. Bongo Prophet Dec 2020 #6
Doocy's response: "Did he say I'm getting a pony?" gratuitous Dec 2020 #7
You mean little Petey MrsMatt Dec 2020 #8
An honest mistake gratuitous Dec 2020 #9
LOL Biden is like that. He doesn't suffer fools, and his replies are blunt. Recall Paul Ryan bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #11
"You're a one-horse pony" My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #13
"You're a one-horse's ass phony" Zorro Dec 2020 #14
I think one horse pony is worthy of Yogi Berra. My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #17
... ancianita Dec 2020 #18
Exactly -a horse's ass onetexan Dec 2020 #27
Did he mean "one-trick pony" or is this a phrase of which I'm not familiar? Roland99 Dec 2020 #15
A mix of one trick pony, and horse's ass phony. My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #20
LOL Kitchari Dec 2020 #24
Yes. Greg K Dec 2020 #21
Who knows lillypaddle Dec 2020 #22
forgot benghazi or e-mails. pansypoo53219 Dec 2020 #23
He should have called him a lying dog-faced pony soldier...nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 2020 #25
There's one horse town; a one-trick pony; he owes no-one an explanation. It works. NBachers Dec 2020 #28
Seems strangely descriptive....! n/t TygrBright Dec 2020 #30
"God love ya" is Mid-Atlantic for the Southern "Bless your heart" nuxvomica Dec 2020 #33
yeah it took me awhile to realize bless your heart wasnt a compliment! samnsara Dec 2020 #37
I'm from Scranton but have lived in FL for 30 years mcar Dec 2020 #52
I think it's Biden's way of cussing but not cussing... BlueLucy Dec 2020 #34
its like malarky! samnsara Dec 2020 #38
You mean like what he really meant was bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #40
Using my trusty PF Flyers decoder ring, Joe actually said: Mr. Ected Dec 2020 #36
Ridicule is a much more effective tool than lies and anger....... getagrip_already Dec 2020 #41
Joe has a very 😎 cool way of dismissing these jerks Joinfortmill Dec 2020 #44
K&R Lock him up. Dec 2020 #45
I hope this becomes as famous as "All you've got is a noun, a verb, and 9-11! " Hekate Dec 2020 #46
Hahahaha! peggysue2 Dec 2020 #50
To quote Paul Simon: TomSlick Dec 2020 #53
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 #55
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