I am increasingly convinced that more than half the planet thinks the word “gate” simply means scandal and that Nixon’s troubles were aquatic
@Daojoan I know right? If we make that into a scandal, we'd get a gategate.
@Daojoan Forget about it, Jane, it’s ‘Chinatown’ (1974)
When I watch "Ministry of Silly Walks", I always think "What a gait!"
@Daojoan @SRDas The Daily Show did a bit on this a few years back, where they were talking about watergate-gate.
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@Daojoan assuming that more than half the planet heard and cared about the US affairs.
When I was a kid my dad took a little detour and drove us by Watergate. I was confused by how boring and lacking in water it was.
@Daojoan As a little antidote, the folks behind the https://www.electoral-vote.com/ website/blog have collected a bunch of different ones that they throw in from time to time instead of -gate, so for instance they've referred to such things as “SignalGate" as the Teapot Signal Scandal, and other variations.
