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What is the meaning of this?

Posted on: October 2, 2008 3:47 PM, by Greg Laden

Sarah Palin
Sarah Plain
Sarah Paling
Sarah Pain
Sarah Palling
Sarah Plaint

... Can you tell?

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Your going nuts?

Posted by: Elizabeth | October 2, 2008 4:01 PM

It takes so much work to get from Palin to appealing that the election will be here long before anyone manages it?

Posted by: Stephanie Z | October 2, 2008 4:28 PM

"Sarah Palin is quite possibly the most ignorant person ever nominated by a major party for the office of Vice President of the United States?"

No? Well, it's true anyway.

Posted by: JanieBelle | October 2, 2008 4:31 PM

Actually, looking at it a bit further, I don't think there is a way to get from Palin to appealing without taking a big leap in the middle or delving into nonsense.

Posted by: Stephanie Z | October 2, 2008 4:49 PM

I hate word games. Just tell us.

Posted by: Joel_m | October 2, 2008 5:08 PM

Sarah Planet?

Please God, not that.

Posted by: foolfodder | October 2, 2008 5:27 PM

Well, it makes about as much sense as any of her recently reported utterances. My guess is that you have some ap-Palin-g pun in mind.

Posted by: g | October 2, 2008 5:58 PM

Much simpler

The first is the name of the governor of Alaska. The rest are the alternatives, in order, Microsoft Word gives you for spelling.

OpenOffice.org Writer gives us:

plain
lapin
paling
pain
pal in

and ispell in Linux gives us:

pain
paling
pal in
pal-in
pal-Lin
plain

Posted by: Greg Laden | October 2, 2008 7:07 PM

Greg, I've told you before and I'll tell you again. The way to say hello to a girl is to walk up and say to her, "Hello." Works like a charm, I guarantee it.

Posted by: Alan Kellogg | October 2, 2008 8:09 PM

OAK PARK, IL�Parents of Obama '08 campaign volunteer Mark Lowe said their son's selfless work for the Illinois senator has shown the 22-year-old to be mature, civic-minded, and absolutely unbearable to talk to. "I remember when I was going to vote for Hillary Clinton in the primary, and [Mark] spoke for 30 minutes about how Obama is the next Kennedy, the only candidate capable of bringing real change, and how Hillary embodies everything that's wrong with Washington," David Lowe, 58, said. "It's incredible that he's so passionate about our nation's future, and now he really needs to shut the hell up."

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/parents_of_obama_volunteer

Posted by: Joel | October 2, 2008 8:51 PM

Okay, Joel. That one's funny.

Posted by: Stephanie Z | October 2, 2008 9:00 PM