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skip fox

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9. That's also part of the joke: that the CAPTION can sound so real

Reply to Whiskeytide (Reply #7)

Thu May 30, 2013, 04:05 PM

May 2013

(I often use the subject's speaking patterns and pet phrases even) that there is the double take. The fact that they often seem almost real (I've had many people ask if someone "really said that?&quot indicates how far out there the subject is in reality.

But it makes it very hard to satirize the likes of Glenn Beck. To top his craziness, the CAPTIONer has to write something so insane that the double take will not be effective.

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Right! skip fox May 2013 #5

But - as usual with her... Whiskeytide May 2013 #7

That's also part of the joke: that the CAPTION can sound so real skip fox May 2013 #9

Baker Act this clown before she hurts someone. lpbk2713 May 2013 #4

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