Dubya and a drinking game to dull the pain
A fellow graduate student sent out an email to our listserv today. Included in this email was a link to a drinking game, which I think will be helpful in dulling the pain of Dubya's slaughter of the English language and the sure to come in(s)anity. While the sending of a politically charged email has now sparked contention on the list, I am putting the email, in its entirety, on my blog 'cause it's just too funny not to. Thanks to Sol Neely for sending this and giving me permission to post it here.
If you plan to suffer the "Lies of the Empire"--I mean, "State of the Union"
address tomorrow night, don't forget to drink the pain away:Rules for the 2006 State of the Union Address Drinking Game can be found at:
http://www.drinkinggame.us/From my own experience, the drinking game provides a hands-on pedagogical means
of engaging a "close reading" of the text. When Bush says "democracies don't
fight each other," light the brandy on fire and throw it at the television.sub rosa*
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