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First create the problem. 1962 Music Man got this right. (Original Post)
amerikat
Sep 2019
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elleng
(130,860 posts)1. POOL Table!
amerikat
(4,909 posts)2. With a capital T and that rhymes with immigrant or something.
See how that works?
nycbos
(6,034 posts)3. Monorail
amerikat
(4,909 posts)5. Direct rip of the music man.
Glad a new generation can see the con.
Grasswire2
(13,565 posts)7. It only takes a word or two to set off the chorus here on DU.
Such as......"CASH...."
We did this a few months ago.
Same way with lines from The Holy Grail.
PatSeg
(47,370 posts)8. At least characters like Harold Hill
or Bill Starbuck in the Rainmaker had actual charm and charisma, even good looks and intelligence. I just don't get Trump though, no appeal whatsoever.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)9. You nailed it! Con men: the bar just keeps getting lower.
PatSeg
(47,370 posts)10. I try to see what perhaps his supporters see,
but I don't come up with anything. It is like some virus that only affects 30% of the population or perhaps some extraterrestrial worms eating their brains.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)11. KnR !