1 | ->'''Webb:''' That must be the biggest scandal since Watergategate. \ |
2 | '''Mitchell:''' Watergategate? Isn't it just Watergate? \ |
3 | '''Webb:''' No, that would mean it was just about water. No, it was a scandal or "gate" -- add the suffix '-gate', that's what you do with a scandal -- involving the Watergate Hotel. So it was called the Watergate scandal, or Watergategate.'' |
4 | -->-- ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' |
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6 | ->''"I vote for this whole blown call debacle to be dubbed 'The Golden Mistake.' But, some genius is going to go with 'Golden Gate.'"'' |
7 | -->-- Some guy from Muncie, IN, [[http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/37965/the-sports-guys-mailbox-anti-replacement-refs-edition as posted on]] '''[[Creator/{{ESPN}} Grantland]]''' after the infamous reception by Seattle Seahawks receiver '''Golden ''Tate''''' against the Green Bay Packers on September 24, 2012.[[labelnote:context]]Some say that Packers' M.D. Jennings had sole possession of the ball or that Tate committed a play-nullifying pass interference penalty. [[SubvertedTrope The play actually became known as the]] Fail Mary[[/labelnote]] |
8 | |
9 | ->''"How did [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathergate Memogate]] get a 'gate'? How did [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_show_controversy Nipplegate]] get a 'gate'? [[SkewedPriorities We invaded a country with the wrong information, and Janet Jackson's tit got a 'gate']]. Who gives out the 'gates'? Is there a 'Gate'-gate? Is there a, a... I mean, it's absolute... We're living in insanity!"'' |
10 | -->-- '''Jon Stewart''' |
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