Word: brisket
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That noon at the Peter Rabbit diner I met Brisket, who owns the big motel by the interstate, and Graftwell, the paving contractor. They were having lunch with the Town Fool, one of our town's two registered Democrats. It was the Fool who in 1988 urged that the Democrats nominate Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on the theory that F.D.R. at room temperature was smarter than Bob Dole or George Bush at 98.6. The Constitution, he had pointed out, requires that a President be native born and at least 35 years old, but does not insist that he be alive. After...
...They've got to come," said Brisket, a Sununu monarchist...
...What in tarnation does that mean?" Brisket demanded. Folks in New Hampshire practice saying "tarnation" and "ay-yuh" every four years for the network news...
Then Berry took over. Suddenly, we began to see innovations. Frequent New York Deli Days with real brisket, real bagels, real Dr. Brown's Cream Soda. Italian Deli Days. Ballpark Day. Soup and Sandwich Day. The hot dog option. Better chicken. More waffle fries. The demise of fish pizziola...
...platefuls of corned brisket, half-sour pickles and baked apples later, a certain Crimson editor was overheard vowing never to take anonymous tips lightly again...