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A comment from the Freakonomics blog on the NY Times site:

a change in ketchup i would not relish
on perfection do not embellish
it is what it is supposed to be
to some food, just good red company

— karen lyons kalmenson

On DailyKos and other group blogs, once in a while someone will ask the rhetorical question, “How does so-and-so sleep at night?” The Simpsons answered this question in an exchange between Jay Sherman and Rainier Wolfcastle in an episode titled, “A Star Is Burns”:

Rainier: The film is just me in front of a brick wall for an hour and a half. It cost $80 million.
Jay: [contemptuous] How do you sleep at night?
Rainier: On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies.
Jay: Just asking. Yeesh!

Fisking is the “art” of making a point-by-point refutation of someone else’s argument on blogs and other Internet forums. The term is named after British journalist Robert Fisk - not, as you might think, because he practiced the tactic, but because he has often been the target of it.
I have a tendency to fisk others’ arguments myself - but gosh darn it, it just seems natural to write a point-by-point sarcastic destruction of really stupid arguments. I mean, so often these guys are just asking for it!

From The Onion:

“KFC’s claim that its fried offerings have ‘that taste you’ll just love to eat’ is in direct violation of federal regulations,” acting FCC chairman Michael Copps said. “The word ‘eat’ is legally permissible only in reference to substances appropriate for human consumption…officials at the FCC have issued a list of acceptable words and phrases the restaurant can use in its television and print ads. While “eat,” “feast on,” and “taste” remain off-limits, the FCC has approved the use of “purchase,” “be near to,” “look at,” and “hold.”

Read it here