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   From: fredp151@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/29/17 5:11 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > In article , fredp151@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On 10/27/17 8:18 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >>>    David  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> ‘The Simpsons’ Showrunner Gets Back At George H.W. Bush   
   >>>> by Denise Petski   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It’s taken 25 years, but The Simpsons‘ showrunner Al Jean finally had   
   >>>> his chance to return a jab at George H.W. Bush.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> During a speech on family values in 1992, the former president said   
   >>>> that American families needed to be “a lot more like the Waltons and a   
   >>>> lot less like the Simpsons”.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Following recent sexual harassment allegations leveled against 41,   
   >>>> Jean is now responding.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In a tweet, Jean jabbed, “.@TheSimpsons I think George HW Bush should   
   >>>> act more like the Waltons than the Simpsons. #25yearoldgrudge.”   
   >>>   
   >>> Is that supposed to be funny or clever or meaningful in some way?   
   >>   
   >> No.  It's simply schadenfreude.   
   >   
   > Not if one knows the meaning of the word "schadenfreude".   
   >   
      
   Well, then, that lets you out.   
      
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