No. 335: "Wall Nuts"
In Germany yesterday for the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, former President Bush reminisced about some bad advice he received a decade ago: "In my view, that would have been an open provocation, tantamount to sticking our fingers in the eyes of the Soviet military." Who advised him to do what?
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Tuesday's Question (No. 334)--"Paige Proofs":
Fill in the blank as Rev. Paige Patterson, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, responds to critics: "Show me a single case where a Southern Baptist has ____________, and I will do my best to see it never happens again."
"Fun."--Colleen Werthmann and Carol Rodriguez (Jim Asplund, Francis Heaney, and Colin Murphy had similar answers.)
"Gotten 800s on the SATs."--Katha Pollitt
"Evolved from some other form of life."--LeRoy Tabb and Wellesley Wild
"Named his son Paige."--Jay Welch and Greg Diamond (similarly, Steven Davis and Arthur Stock)
"Professed belief in some ridiculous half-man half-god who performs miracles and can be three and one at the same time and lives forever."--Dale Shuger
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