Of course, my comment comes from Five Easy Pieces, one of the most iconic lines in movieland.
It occurred to me when, on Ali and Ruhl, this morning they were trying not to call it a nothing burger, saying they expected it to be a dud instead. I think they were going to ring a bell anytime someone used the already overused name nothing burger.
I thought a better name would be saying it was two pieces of dry toast.
[Bobby wants plain toast, which isn't on the menu and the waitress is giving him a hard time…}
Bobby: I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.
Waitress: A #2, chicken sal. sand. Hold the butter, the lettuce, and the mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else?
Bobby: Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Waitress: You want me to hold the chicken, huh?
Bobby: I want you to hold it between your knees.
Friday, Feb 2, 2018 · 9:19:56 PM +00:00 · HalBrown
Think Progress explains what the memo doesn't say:
Why it is just two pieces of dry toast.
- The memo does not say that counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign started with the Steele dossier
- The memo does not discuss surveillance of a member of the Trump campaign
- The memo does not say that surveillance of Carter Page was based exclusively on the Steele dossier
- The memo does not establish that the Steele dossier was unreliable
- The memo does not include anything that implicates Robert Mueller or his investigation