January 28, 2018
"The meatballs were the meatballs were the meatballs. There was nothing to do with anything other than meatballs, period, paragraph. And don’t laugh..."
"... because that tells me that you don’t believe me," said one of the witnesses in a bribery case, described in "Testimony in Corruption Case Hinges on the Meaning of 'Meatballs.'" One side in the case is pushing the notion of "meatballs" as code — like "clams" or "dough."
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Sometimes a meatball is just a meatball?
Sometimes a meathead is just a lib from a 70's sitcom.
"One Meatball", a short film featuring The Andrews Sisters.
"He could afford but one meatball."
More evidence of the FBI's superhuman ability to tell who is guilty and who is not despite a dearth or evidence or surplus to the contrary?
I don’t mean to kvetch, but you forgot to warn us this was a Times article. If I was on the jury I’d vote to acquit if the only “evidence” they have against the mayor is that he is a fat man claims to like meatballs.
Last night I had some Amazing Balls from a food truck.
I told the guy, "Really good but you might want to re-think the name."
He said that's what the kids are saying these days.
It made me think of Chevy Chase eating lamb fries.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
Sometimes a meatball is just a meatball
Can you imagine the mess that BJ Clinton would have made if he had confused the two?
$150,000? Pfffft. That's how much the Clintons left Haiti.
But Mr. Pawlowski’s lawyer, Jack McMahon, seemed to view “meatballs” as something more in line with “clams,” “dough” and “cheddar.”
Stupid lawyers! Don't they know real crooks always call it 'samolians'?!
George M. Spencer said...
"One Meatball", a short film featuring The Andrews Sisters.
"He could afford but one meatball."
Thanks for that. I was familiar with the song but the clip is cute.
Know what I mean, say no more
"It all depends on what your definition of 'meatballs' is."--Bill Clinton
A hat tip to Josh White, whose recording of "one meatball" was the first million-selling record by an African American male singer.
Here's a youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bEbJj3PXvo
Can someone with access to the article quote us the section that was supposedly code here? Context is everything in this case.
Code words are used extensively in any competent criminal conspiracy.
Code words are used extensively in any competent criminal conspiracy.
"Keep your doctor" was a good one!
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