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Topic: Watergate
Chuck Norris
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Posted: 09-May-2008 11:04
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Am I the only one that gets driven mad by the media adding -gate to every controversy from Sven-gate to Bertie-gate. Does it not suggest a complete misunderstanding of the original event. Will someone please tell these people Watergate was a f**king hotel.
count of monte cristo
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Posted: 09-May-2008 11:07
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ip-gate?

i thinks it because adding the suffix gate helps people to identify that the story is a major scandal but it is fairly overused
abadref
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Posted: 09-May-2008 13:30
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controversygate  (sorry! ) 
Posh Spice
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Posted: 09-May-2008 14:05
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dont mention Semplegate!
Abruzzi Spur
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Posted: 09-May-2008 14:07
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The most stupid one was the Clinton Whitewater scandal which became WhitewaterGate !!!!
OneLeggedDancer
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Posted: 09-May-2008 14:13
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How about the infamous `circumnavigate` about the compulsory circumcision of labourers on an Israeli building site? Allegedly.
KadePoki
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Posted: 09-May-2008 15:03
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watergate is the term used for the entire nixon scandals - the hotel break in was rediculous really - howard hughes instigated
The Brewery Horse
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Posted: 09-May-2008 18:10
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Kennygate
wumgate
fetacheesegate
IPgate

Anyone else wanna take this up?
artfoley
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Posted: 09-May-2008 18:26
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Originally posted by The Brewery Horse:
Kennygate
wumgate
fetacheesegate
IPgate

Anyone else wanna take this up?

cowandgate

sorry
OneLeggedDancer
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Posted: 09-May-2008 18:27
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Originally posted by The Brewery Horse:
Kennygate
wumgate
fetacheesegate
IPgate

Anyone else wanna take this up?

Troysgate? Isn`t there a Watergate in Irishtown, Kilkenny, just by the brewery entrance?

Smelly Gear
(128 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 18:31
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On Monday we`ll hear C`monbridge was serviced `On here back-gate`...
The Brewery Horse
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Posted: 09-May-2008 18:44
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Originally posted by OneLeggedDancer:


Troysgate? Isn`t there a Watergate in Irishtown, Kilkenny, just by the brewery entrance?


That`d be the theatre.
ANd theres no crooks in it either: ) 
OneLeggedDancer
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Posted: 09-May-2008 19:34
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Originally posted by The Brewery Horse:


That`d be the theatre.
ANd theres no crooks in it either:  ) 

Horse - Isn`t that little bridge near Hennessys  (Joe`s people )  called The Watergate? Anyway, to change tack, I see the brewery is to close with the loss of over 90 jobs. Many`s the stolen hour I spent in the cellar bar there as a member of a `touring party`. Wandering around with a crowd of real tourists having the p**i being taken by the lads there - including Chunky at that time - and the tour guide trying to maintain a professional aspect in front of the puzzled visitors.
Mr. Mackell of the GWU is quoted as saying that Diageo has made a profit every year in Ireland since 1759. I had no idea their involvement in Ireland dates back almost 250 years.
Wandering off topic, I know, but verbal incontinence is the prerogative of the elderly.
About a Bicycle
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Posted: 09-May-2008 19:56
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Originally posted by artfoley:


cowandgate

sorry

Art, don`t be apologising at all.

When our new fearless leader is found out to have been a found-on  (can you really be found out to be a found-on? )  in his brother`s tax-haven, and it was subsequently hushed up, it will definitely become known as Cowengate.
OneLeggedDancer
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Posted: 09-May-2008 20:45
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Originally posted by About a Bicycle:


Art, don`t be apologising at all.

When our new fearless leader is found out to have been a found-on   (can you really be found out to be a found-on?  )   in his brother`s tax-haven, and it was subsequently hushed up, it will definitely become known as Cowengate.

Good one!
uachtaran
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Posted: 09-May-2008 21:13
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Originally posted by OneLeggedDancer:


Good one!
The Brewery Horse
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Posted: 10-May-2008 08:15
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Originally posted by OneLeggedDancer:


Horse - Isn`t that little bridge near Hennessys   (Joe`s people  )   called The Watergate? Anyway, to change tack, I see the brewery is to close with the loss of over 90 jobs. Many`s the stolen hour I spent in the cellar bar there as a member of a `touring party`. Wandering around with a crowd of real tourists having the p**i being taken by the lads there - including Chunky at that time - and the tour guide trying to maintain a professional aspect in front of the puzzled visitors.
Mr. Mackell of the GWU is quoted as saying that Diageo has made a profit every year in Ireland since 1759. I had no idea their involvement in Ireland dates back almost 250 years.
Wandering off topic, I know, but verbal incontinence is the prerogative of the elderly.

I couldnt say for sure if its called The Watergate. Shame about the brewery going alright. My mother used to work as a nurse in there and I know one man whos worked in there for a long time.
Doesn`t matter how much profit a company makes. It is never enough.
JoNinety
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Posted: 10-May-2008 12:50
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A few years ago someone damaged the gates to my local church when they crashed into them but the culprit was never found although there are a few suspects. The incident is still referred to as gategate
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