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Which makes it impossible for Mr. Wrap not to ask: What were you people down in
The "Puyallup Fair" had charisma, character and history on its side -- strikes one, two and three to geniuses on the fair board, apparently. The "
How do you know when your name change is a certifiable major fail? When fair promoters drop off boxes of fresh Fisher Scones at local radio and TV stations, and the talking heads share on the air their confusion over whether they came from
What's a local fair lover to do? Vote with your feet and go to the
More piano-playing chicken news:
It Could Be Worse: If the state ferry system was in charge of these festivities, people heading to
Speaking of Brilliant: Mr. Wrap is so proud of the brain trust at the U-Dub for solving two of the most-pressing problems at Montlake -- the heart-rending dearth of cash in athletic department coffers, and the notable scarcity of drunken, staggering fans inside
Tip O' the Cap: To Hizonner Ed Murray, for taking a leadership role by questioning, in the wake of the death of zoo elephant Watoto, the long-term logic of confining her surviving cell mates at the once-popular
Blooming Idiots: Lots of social media chortling last week about that printing goof up that put blooming cherry trees from the U-Dub campus on a student planner handout distributed over at Wazzu. In all fairness, the manufacturer should even things out next year by putting out a UW version festooned with photos of a tumbleweed and milk cows.
Taking a Hard Left: Millions of
Speaking of Mouth-Breathing Lane Campers: What do you call an insurance-company's recent ranking of
And Finally: Thursday's final Seahawks preseason game might have been painful to watch, but it will be remembered for shoving together, for the first time in the history of the English language, the following words seen across a broad range of social media: "Switching now to the Wazzu/Rutgers game."
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