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Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Yes. OP edited OP (good). Now I'm wondering what the "hat trick" analogy here is.

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 12:42 PM

Aug 2025

A "hat trick" is an ice hockey term for when a player scores three goals in one game. One of the first times it happened, spectators threw many hats onto the rink ice (back when most men wore real hats, not caps; it was in the 50s I think).

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Trump attempting Mussolini's reputed feat of making the trains run on time? [View all] bigtree Aug 2025 OP

The historical analogy is Mussolini, not Hitler, with the trains. Anyway, he is a Mango Mussolini. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #1

Yep. that was Mussolini's schtick. EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #3

Yes. OP edited OP (good). Now I'm wondering what the "hat trick" analogy here is. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #4

but you knew what I meant bigtree Aug 2025 #5

Thus it is always important to consider the reader. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #6

lol bigtree Aug 2025 #7

Big Soviet style posters of ugly Dear Leader will be hung in Union Station. jls4561 Aug 2025 #2