No. 345: "Riotous Assembly With Cheese"
Cheering demonstrators gathered outside a Seattle McDonald's Monday. Why?
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Monday's Question (No. 344)--"Futurific":
"If I'm president, it won't happen for a long time. If I'm not, it will happen immediately." Who said this about what?
"Alan Keyes; the Apocalypse."--Mary Anne Townsend (Michael C Doyle and Floyd Elliot had similar answers.)
"George W. Bush; the Southern states seceding from the Union."--Marshall Efron
"Pat Buchanan; the Mexican-Canadian military alliance that will leave America humbled and enslaved."--Floyd Elliot
"Jimmy Carter; return of hostages from Iran."--Dan Dickinson
"Al Gore, explaining just when he plans to set off those sarin gas capsules he's carefully hidden around the country during his eight years as vice president. Do what he says, people! He's got nothing to lose!"--Tim Carvell
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