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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (256439)7/1/2008 4:26:19 PM
From: the_wheel   of 793928
 
<<next highest rate, found in New Zealand, where 4.3 percent of people reported having used cocaine.>>

maybe the folks in NZ are using irony and hyperbole or maybe they just plain forgot when they last used?

Or maybe Americans are just more honest.

Here's a video of an English Girl who wants to "Ride a White Horse".

Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse

youtube.com

Guess what that really means?

Nope! Your first guess is WRONG! as the following explains:

<<many assumed that she based the song's lyrics around Bianca Jagger's infamous entrance into Studio 54 on a white horse. However, a more in-depth look at the lyrics will show that they are probably a clever metaphor which describes her love for heroin, known also as 'white horse' on the street.>>



Maybe when they take these polls the pollists encounter linguistic difficulties,

e.g.

A sample poll question might be:

Q: Are you somoking crack?

A: No, but I like to ride a white horse!

Pollist: I'll put down a negatory response.

This is why Rush has his side-kick Snerdley to help translate some of his commentary for folks like BO and MO.
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