December 1, 2005

Apparently firing is now passe

Next 'Apprentice' to Be Shot in Calif.
It seems a bit extreme. But maybe the Donald felt the need for fresh blood in the show.
(Yes, I submitted this to Best of the Web Today.)

Posted by SoccerDad at December 1, 2005 5:35 AM | TrackBack
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Comments

LA is where it all happens. I love this city.
:)

Posted by: Jack at December 1, 2005 9:32 AM

OK, I'm slow this am - it took me two tries to get the joke!

My dad was once tripped up by a similar idiomatic confusion. He was on a business trip to India and mentioned to someone, in an offhand way, that his boss had been fired. The guy got very upset and kept saying "that's horrible! how can you be so calm about it? does this happen often?" etc. It took my dad a minute to realize what the guy had thought he meant, and that he should have used the non-US idiom "sacked"!

Posted by: Elie at December 1, 2005 10:16 AM

I beat you to this joke by a couple of days :)

Posted by: Dave at December 2, 2005 4:09 AM