Friday, May 4, 2012

680. This will choke you up

There once was a fellow named Solo,
Who wore a string tie called a bolo.
One night he got hot,
Used it as a garotte,
Was arrested.  In court pleaded "nolo."

Nolo contendere is Latin for "no contest."  I first heard the term when former VP Spiro Agnew pleaded "n.c." to a charge of cheating the feds of $13,000+ on his 1967 taxes.  The plea is just a euphemism for "guilty" -- they are treated identically.

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