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Wednesday, June 22, 2005


Maybe I'm a bit dense, or maybe I should just give up and take the "maybe" out of that sentence, but I have no idea what 12-letter word they're talking about here.
Gov. Rick Perry thought he was off-camera, but a Houston television station caught the governor using an abbreviated version of a 12-letter word best left in the locker room.

Perry called the reporter on Tuesday and apologized for the "inappropriate" word.

After the interview ended, Oberg told Perry, "Try as I may, governor, I guess I can't win this one."

About 20 seconds later, Perry repeated what he apparently thought Oberg had said, and then added his own touch.

"Try as I may, governor, I'm not going to wait that long. Adios," Perry said, adding an expression that's an abbreviation for a word — as Oberg said in his report — that "isn't something you want to say to your mother or use in good company."
I could probably figure it out, but I don't really feel like playing Wheel of Fortune right now. But more importantly, why is The Houston Chronicle treating me like a petulant third grader that's about to miss recess? Can I buy a vowel?



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