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Rob
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i'm just curious why all the scandals end up with 'gate' tacked on the end. seems to have only started recently. first i can remember is some 'iguanagate' thing, but now even the v8's have used it with the splitter thing (splittergate). sounds pretty retarded if you ask me. just wondering where its come from and what it means.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Google watergate scandal.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I'm fairly sure it all started with "Watergate"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...ial/watergate/ |
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Yep, Watergate.
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Rob
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cheers guys. so now they just tack 'gate' on the end of everything.
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We even have the utegate scandal here in Brisbane FFS
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just wondering if we will see V8"GATE" like we saw in the late 80's with ford not having a V8 in thier range
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or you could love external wastegates..
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Haaa this is hilarious. A quick google search reveals that there are many sites that discuss this very topic lol
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I wonder why with the 'watergate' thing that started it all ,that 'deepthroat' (code name for the informant) is not used??
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Nipplegate, the best of the gates!
edit, removed tags lol NSFW http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5121/23661206xk2.jpg |
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there was an incident during the nixon administration where the watergate building was bugged resulting in the eventual downfall of nixon . the rest strm from this
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