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So henceforth when the government says "imminent", we should start thinking about getting our mouths away from the cock, unless we want to deal with the cleanup?

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Other rejected threat levels:

"Smoke 'em if you got 'em."

"Go ahead and start looting Wal-Mart."

"Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die."

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Sure, like the wind chill factor. Except it would just be chill factor.

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Attagirl, Barb. We always want to see the outrageous coming through the wry.

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Cuba is preparing to install a new leader: Ry Cooder!

(Or was that a wry cooter? Looking at you, Barbara.)

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They could have at least created a level called “Everything is cool”, “Have a nice day” or “Relax have a homebrew”. Yeah, I know, I’m an optimist.

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Napolitano must have worked at the National Weather Service at one point, because they have a similar idea with hurricane warnings, tornado warnings, etc: have two levels and scare the crap out of people because "watch" and "warning" sound an awful lot alike.

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I'm imagining that the Cubans have a leadership podium with a sign "You must be at least 75 years old for this ride"

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