Note to comic on show I did the other night: Not a good idea to state that "anyone who wears a polo shirt is a douchebag" in one of your bits when BOTH hosts and the comic following you are wearing polo shirts. And also when you are wearing a jacket that looks like this. Since, y'know, people who live in glass houses shouldn't...
Actually, now that I think about it...anyone in any house shouldn't throw stones. It's just a rude thing to do. Even if it's not glass, you'll probably scuff up the walls. And who lives in a glass house anyway? Plants, I guess. But they rarely throw stones.
Actually, you know who does throw stones at glass houses? Billy Joel. What a bad ass.
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hey sargeant pepper what's wrong with polo shirts ?
But what if both hosts and the comic following you ARE douchebags?
Where's your love of truth-telling now, Ruby?
PS I have no problem with polo shirts. Or douchebags.
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