No. 347: "Chillin' "
Complete this expression of amazement from Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health, "I don't often pick up a scientific paper and find myself getting chills, as I did when I saw _______________."
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Wednesday's Question (No. 346)--"Solid Goldberg":
While introducing President Clinton at a Beverly Hills dinner Tuesday, Whoopi Goldberg recalled a disturbing question one of her granddaughters recently asked. "This was kind of chilling, because it wasn't even like I could say, 'No, no, it's not going to happen.' " What was the question?
"Hey, Grandma, how the fuck did you fool Mike Nichols so badly?"--Larry Amoros
"Are you going to let Andy Dick baby-sit for us again?"--Adam Bonin
"Are rampaging anarchists ever going to ransack our neighborhood Starbucks?"--Peter Carlin
"Could Bruce Vilanch write even more musical numbers into next year's Oscars?"--Matt Sullivan (Tim Carvell and Larry Amoros had similar answers.)
"Gramma, the kids at school say that one day, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is going to come to your home and demand the return of the Oscar (TM) you won for Ghost, citing the poor quality of your performances in Eddie, The Associate, Boys on the Side and, to be perfectly honest here, Ghost. Is that true?"--Tim Carvell
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