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There was a skit on SNL when I was in college with Phil Hartman as the host of a talk show put on by Sassy Magazine, where he would have teen hearthrobs on (played by other cast members) like Christian Slater, and he would ask them, "Christian Slater... Are you... SASSY?" To which "Slater" would reply, "I don't know... Am I?" Phil would then look at the camera and go, "That response was awfully... SASSY!" Just over and over again. A guy I used to lift weights with and I used to do that all the time in the college gym - it drove people crazy. One of the better Phil lines was, "If we lived in Sassyland, and this was Sassy City, you'd be the mayor!"
When I went to Mexico to take my last Spanish class through a program at my university, we would visit various spots, and I would say things like, "If I were writing a book called "Sassy Mexico," I would include this place... Because it's so SASSY!" When I got back from the trip, I put together a little book of my photos (black and white - couldn't afford color) with a bunch of inside jokes and gave them to everyone, including my professor. It was called, "Sassy Mexico." The picture on the cover of the book were two girls from the trip standing in front of some graffiti that said, "Yanquis go home!"
When I went to grad school and taught myself web page programming, my first website was the online version of "Sassy Mexico." I tried to get rid of the "inside jokes" that only the other trip members would get and replaced it with other humor, put in more pictures, and made it more informative. I actually got emails from Mexicans thanking me for such an entertaining site about their country and culture. :)
TlalocW
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