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Friday, September 14, 2012
Election 2012 What Phrases Should We Ban at the Mayoral Inquisition?
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:51 PM
We're gearing up for our Mayoral Inquisition this Tuesday night at Rontoms and have an important question: What words or phrases should we ban from the conversation?
The point of the Inquisition is to get mayoral candidates Jefferson Smith and Charlie Hales out of campaign-pat-answers-soundbite mode and into having an actual conversation. In that interest, we want to ban some things from being uttered. For example: Portlandia jokes. Portlandia jokes will be banned. Long-winded metahpors, especially ones referencing Where the Red Fern Grows, will be banned. What other things should we nix in the sake of quality conversation?
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