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In response to "Bono apologizes for AlbumGate -- (link)" by Beryllium

but who is going to apologize for the nonsensical affixing of -gate to every scandal???....nm

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Oct 14 '14, 16:39

it makes no sense!

Responses:

PortculisGate -- nm - Max Oct 14, 16:50
Nixon, oh he's dead -- nm - Bacon Oct 14, 16:48
Not me! -- nm - BeryGate Oct 14, 16:47 1
- loser -- nm - SpawnDorf Oct 14, 16:57
x-gate -- nm - budice Oct 14, 16:47
One of my pet peeves. Watergate was not a scandal about water. Drives me crazy. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 14, 16:40 11
- Did you see the comment a few weeks ago that if Watergate had happened at the Waldorf, all scandals would be suffixed with -Dorf? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 16:48 8
  - Now that would be an alternative universe worth living in. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 16:55 5
    - I've actually been meaning for a while to posit that -gate is one of the biggest legacies of any president. No scandal seems immune to it (e.g. Bridge -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 14, 18:08
    - I think the first joke I saw about it referenced the "WorfDorf scandal" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 17:01
    - But what if we found out that Tim Conway wasn't really involved in any way with Dorf on Golf? - prayformojo Oct 14, 16:57 2
      - So, add PFM to the list that have me blocked. -- nm - SpawnDorf Oct 14, 16:58 1
        
        naturally - prayformojo Oct 14, 17:00
  - Dorf-on-Golfdorf -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 14, 16:50 1
    - This amusement will carry me through the evening. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 16:51
- So should it be called Watergategate then? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 14, 16:42 1
  - Gateaffixgate started here. -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 16:43
fucking Bill Gates -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 16:39

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