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    New York Times' Foul Balls: Media Softball In Times Of Distress

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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    05/10/09

    In reply to New York Times' Foul Balls: Media Softball In Times Of Distress
    Did no one learn from Michael Phelps that pot and athleticism aren't necessarily mutually exclusive???
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    05/10/09

    In reply to New York Times' Foul Balls: Media Softball In Times Of Distress
    "with the Damocles of layoffs now hanging over us"


    Huh?


    What he meant to say was:


    "with the SWORD OF Damocles now hanging over us"


    It's the sword that is facing these softball-playing literates, not Damocles. Damocles was the king's sycophant.


    Saying the "Damocles of layoffs" only sounds smart and bookish, but really the phrase "Damocles of layoffs" makes no sense. What could that possibly mean? The "court sycophant of layoffs"?


    So stuff it, uppity Vanity Fair editorial assistant guy!

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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    05/10/09

    @gawkimo This is good.
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