Insert a Trite Metaphor for a Corral #87

Posted on March 6, 2011 in Roundup

The joke that went around last week goes like this: “A unionized public employee, a member of the Tea Party, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies…looks at the tea partier and says, “Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie!”

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