Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...struggle with a large, slippery fish The fisherman extends the net, enticing the fish to enter. The emcees further explains, to the audiences amusement, that in most interpretations, the women are the fishermen, and the men are the slippery fish--not so subtle imagery. At one point the lyrics ask if the fisherman has caught her fish. She clasps the fish in her hands tight as he squirms and wiggles. But not every thing is worth struggling for. The fisherwoman, weary from battling the stubborn fish, tosses him back into the sea. If things weren't clear enough the emcees...
...Celebrating my 21st birthday today isn't the most pressing thing on my mind right now. In fact, I didn't even go to the Border Cafe for the traditional "you-just-turned-21" midnight margarita. "What? How can you not live it up on your 21st birthday?" you ask incredulously. Am I such a loser that I can't even kick back today...
...people. One person is a liar and the other always tells the truth. There's a fork in the road. One road will lead you to Harvard and the other leads to Yale. Both of the people know which road is which, but you do not. You can ask one of the people one question of your choice, and of course you'd rather go to Harvard. So what would you ask...
...Ask either of the two which road the other person would tell you to take to get to Harvard, and then take the opposite road. The liar will always point to the road to Yale, either because he is a liar or because he would lie about what the truth-teller would say. Since no matter who you ask, the liar has a part in the answer, you will always be told the road to Yale...
...Ask Bernice, a mother of three who immigrated from Costa Rica six years ago, how she plans to celebrate Christmas this year, and her voice trembles...