"It's amazing how many dead figures of speech become alive and fresh again when you get a dog," said Ann Marie. The dog was lying on the floor, as if it were (a) completely boneless, and (b) lacking the energy to move a single muscle.
"Like?" I said.
"Well, the obvious--dog-tired," said Ann Marie, pointing at the dog. The dog eyed her, got up, walked over and began licking her feet. "Bootlicking," she said. "'Wolfing' your food"; "all bark and no bite"; "showing your belly."
The dog rolled over, and showed her belly to be scratched. She has a good rule for her life: if you don't understand what's going on, be sure to show that you are submissive.
Today during the conference Bill Nordhaus began talking about how Gross Domestic Income is a "mongrel statistic."
Posted by DeLong at September 06, 2002 05:54 PM | TrackbackHow about this one?
All conservatives are boneheads, but not all boneheads are conservative :)
Okay, let me be a good guy on this one. This is a joke: it's not actually true. Professor DeLong, am I making progress? ;-)
Posted by: Jean-Philippe Stijns on September 6, 2002 07:06 PM