Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Dracula the vampire

Sadly No brings teh funny with some Seinfeldian pokes at the Washington Times' spicing up of anti-Democratic press releases. The writer wants to paint Charles Rangel as a vampire, leading to:

Like Dracula the vampire, Count Rangula is cagey about his intentions, luring his victims (us) with promises of “reforming” the tax code.

I mean, Dracula the vampire… does he really need “the vampire” in his title, as vampire? Dracula, “the” vampire? Are we going to confuse him with Dracula the district attorney? Dracula the pope? There’s no other Dracula…
In the original Seinfeld ("The Fire"):
JERRY: I mean, Bozo the Clown...does he really need "the clown" in his title, as clown? Bozo, "the" clown? Are we going to confuse him with Bozo the district attorney? Bozo the pope? There's no other Bozo...
Use this in student writing materials.

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