Sunday, August 22, 2010

ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THIS TIRED RHETORICAL DEVICE!


"That sound you heard? That was a nation exhaling . . . . "--New York Post,  Feb. 24, 2010

 That sound you heard around the Chicago area late Sunday was probably people . . . ." --Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2010

"That thud you heard Thursday night was the rating for Game 1 of the NBA Finals hitting bottom, at least locally.”--Bob Wolfley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 6,  2010

"That sound you heard was Glenn Beck choking on his chalk. . . ."--Lancaster (Pa.) Times, June 9, 2010

"That sound you heard was a few thousand reporters - - - -ting bricks . . . ."--Village Voice,  March 22, 2010

"That sound you heard off in the distance Sunday night was Cardinals . . . ."--St. Louis Today, March 22, 2010

“That sound you just heard was Balloon Boy's dad smacking his head and saying, ‘Why didn't I think of this?!’ "--Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 30, 2009

“That noise you hear is a drum roll emanating from New York . . . .”--Bob Verdi, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 29, 2009

 "That sound you heard was Nancy Grace having the first orgasm of her life  . . . ." --MSNBC.com, June 11, 2010

"That sound you heard over the weekend was the Lions’ alarm clock going off in Corpus Christi . . . .  "--Hammond (La.) Star, April 28, 2010

"That sound you heard was the Suns sucking against the Boston Celtics . . . ."--Phoenix New Times,  Jan. 20, 2009

"That sound you heard was the lovely yet formidable Marcia rolling her eyes . . . ."--Flint (Mich.) Journal, April 16, 2010

"That sound you heard falling and crashing Friday night at Columbus State was the sound of  . . . ."--Albany (Ga.) Herald, May 6, 2010

"That sound you heard is the Dolphins fans' collective testicles retracting into their bodies . . . ."--Miami New Times, April 22, 2010

"That sound you heard last Monday morning was . . . ."--Boston SportsMedia.com,  May 11, 2010

(Did you hear anything?  Neither did I!)

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