# Ahhh the brilliance of politicians...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-brilliance-of-politicians/234710
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 16, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-brilliance-of-politicians/234710 "2004-03-16T21:51:28Z")
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### Author: ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-brilliance-of-politicians/234710/1 "2004-03-16T21:51:28Z")

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[You had to know that this day was coming.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4534017/)

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> City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.

Sure, blame a paralegal. Didn’t ANY of these people go to science class?