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Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

You had me at HEB sheet cake…

But I would have thought the Irish goodbye had "and may the wind always be at yer back, laddie" in it. Your version excels in practicality.

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Eileen Smith's avatar

"May the Good Lord take a liking to you but not too soon."

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Mojo's avatar

It's been a very long time since I laughed as hard as I did at the joke I made when Matt Gaetz, who likes to chase teenage girls, was trying to explain to McCarthy what "a real adult in the room" does.

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Eileen Smith's avatar

Ah, Matt. Never met an underage girl he didn't like.

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Mojo's avatar

Right. He doesn't really go for the adults in the room.

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Ruth Pennebaker's avatar

You were made for these troubled times, Ms. Smith! and, of course, vice versa.

Good to learn what an Irish goodbye is. I'd always thought it was a faceplant.

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Eileen Smith's avatar

I believe that's called an Irish farewell.

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Glenn W. Smith's avatar

If there's an award for best headline, you just won it.

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Mojo's avatar

There isn't.

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Eileen Smith's avatar

Please tell me it's cash.

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