"Old friend from home"?
Matt Drury
Leo out of the meeting with Porthos (sorry, Oliver Babish) so they could
talk about the college-form issue. Please illuminate me.
Cally
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It's a code phrase they've used in the past ('Bartlet's
Third State Of The Union') to get senior officials out of a
social gathering without letting on that anything serious is
up to everyone else present.
Cally
Matt Drury
Thanks.
Kate G.
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Lynn
>
> Did you get the significance of the college form issue?
Charlie was filling out his paperwork for college when he saw the health
form. It reminded him, since Zoey was underage when she applied for
school, a parent would have had to sign the health form, thereby committing
perjury.
That doesn't explain why she was underage when the forms were filled out,
yet 19 as a freshman. Nor how Charlie knew what The President and Leo were
talking about with Babish. Let alone, why the form asked for family medical
information in the first place.
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friend from home" line was used to pull officials out discretely to
go to a meeting. It's an inside code for something REALLY big.
As for how Charlie diagnosed MS so that he knew perjury when he
saw it, I don't know. Then again, remember the conversation where
Sam asked Charlie how he could be a sophomore at Georgetown in
one year while working a zillion hours a week and Charlie said, "I've
got some game."
How could this bunch of geniuses be so lousy at getting their agenda
accomplished? But, that's another thread.
Bobbie
"Scott Berg" <ber...@execpc.com> wrote:
> Also, an earlier episode had a formal dinner party where the "old
> friend from home" line was used to pull officials out discretely to
> go to a meeting. It's an inside code for something REALLY big.
>
> As for how Charlie diagnosed MS so that he knew perjury when he
> saw it, I don't know.
Gee, he's seen the president at his worst, he's dating the president's
daughter - don't you suppose that there is some quiet talk that the two
might have engaged in?
> Then again, remember the conversation where
> Sam asked Charlie how he could be a sophomore at Georgetown in
> one year while working a zillion hours a week and Charlie said, "I've
> got some game."
>
Some majors require more effort than others. As far as I know, he isn't
studying quantum physics.
>
B
Relax - this isn't real life, it's usenet. ;-)
raven
Bobbie <xit...@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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> In article <3c2dfb87$0$43577$272e...@news.execpc.com>,
> "Scott Berg" <ber...@execpc.com> wrote:
>
> > Also, an earlier episode had a formal dinner party where the "old
> > friend from home" line was used to pull officials out discretely to
> > go to a meeting. It's an inside code for something REALLY big.
> >
> > As for how Charlie diagnosed MS so that he knew perjury when he
> > saw it, I don't know.
>
> Gee, he's seen the president at his worst, he's dating the president's
> daughter - don't you suppose that there is some quiet talk that the two
> might have engaged in?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Charlie tell someone (Leo?) that Zoey
had told him so he could look out for odd behavior in the President? I
think it was in the episode that Charlie was filling out his forms or the
one after. But then again, I could be mistaken.
Lesley
Scott Stevenson
I _think_ he said that Zoey had given him a list of symptoms to look
for.
I wouldn't be surprised if he did a little reasearch, and put two
and two together.
take care,
Scott
raven
Scott Stevenson <almo...@mediaone.net> wrote in message
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Yeah, that makes sense. Charlie's no dummy. I haven't seen that ep. in a
while. (Could have come across it while my obsessive husband was looking
for his time zone stuff and I didn't see it.)
Lesley
Jennifer Peters
raven wrote:
Charlie, sitting on a bench outside the residence, rises when the President
approaches. The President waves him back, and sits down.
"I hear my youngest daughter has a big mouth."
"No, sir, she doesn't. She just wanted me to look out for certain symptoms."
[That's pretty close, but I'm not transcribing from tape. They go on to talk
about what Charlie will face as events unfold. The president tells Charlie
he Must Not Lie.]
Charlie says, "Is there anything you need, sir?"
"Yes. Go to law school and graduate as soon as humanly possible."
Gemini
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raven
Jennifer Peters <run...@erinet.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> raven wrote:
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Charlie tell someone (Leo?) that
Zoey
> > had told him so he could look out for odd behavior in the President? I
> > think it was in the episode that Charlie was filling out his forms or
the
> > one after. But then again, I could be mistaken.
> >
> > Lesley
>
> Charlie, sitting on a bench outside the residence, rises when the
President
> approaches. The President waves him back, and sits down.
>
> "I hear my youngest daughter has a big mouth."
>
> "No, sir, she doesn't. She just wanted me to look out for certain
symptoms."
>
> [That's pretty close, but I'm not transcribing from tape. They go on to
talk
> about what Charlie will face as events unfold. The president tells
Charlie
> he Must Not Lie.]
>
> Charlie says, "Is there anything you need, sir?"
>
> "Yes. Go to law school and graduate as soon as humanly possible."
Thank you. I thought I was close. Just had the wrong character.
Lesley
Matt Drury
Yes.
Jay R. Ashworth
No, no... that's "Harry Rex".
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> That doesn't explain why she was underage when the forms were filled out,
> yet 19 as a freshman. Nor how Charlie knew what The President and Leo were
> talking about with Babish. Let alone, why the form asked for family medical
> information in the first place.
No, and I believe it's been decided that there is no good answer to
that, though either BEWarne or Suzannah have some educated speculation
in a FAQ somewhere.
Chris Crandall
: Charlie was filling out his paperwork for college when he saw the health
: form. It reminded him, since Zoey was underage when she applied for
: school, a parent would have had to sign the health form, thereby committing
: perjury.
Umm, as the impeachment has well-taught us, not all lying is perjury.
You're not under oath when signing college forms. You might be lying.
Imagine that--someone lying on a college application.
Robert Young
on but what was the meaning of that signal phrase?
Robert
raven
Robert Young <rob...@phoenix5.org> wrote in message
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> I must have missed the answer to the question as the thread has moved
> on but what was the meaning of that signal phrase?
It was a code to let the person know that something important was happening
and they were being asked to come and join in the discussion, etc.
Lesley
Todd Kogutt: Scavenger
<cran...@lark.cc.ku.edu> wrote:
>
> Umm, as the impeachment has well-taught us, not all lying is perjury.
> You're not under oath when signing college forms. You might be lying.
>
> Imagine that--someone lying on a college application.
It's said very clearly that it's not a college application, they're
school health insurance forms. Which is why the medical history would
be there.
I'd imagine lying on them would be concidered an attempt to defraud the
insurance company, and thus illeagle.
As for Zoey's age issue...uhm, well, she entered college like mid term,
right? So perhaps she did a delayed entry thing where she'd applied,
been accepted, filled out forms, a year and a half before going?
Or maybe Sorkin once again show's he has no idea who his characters
are, episode to episode....
---SCAVENGER
Robert Young
I figured as much. Was this set up in some earlier episode or we all
just have to figure it out, as we do many things on the show?
Robert
raven
As far as I can remember, it was introduced in this episode and it was up to
us to figure it out. But I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong
:-)
Lesley
David Marc Nieporent
"Todd Kogutt: Scavenger" <to...@not.toddkogutt.com> wrote:
>Chris Crandall <cran...@lark.cc.ku.edu> wrote:
>> Umm, as the impeachment has well-taught us, not all lying is perjury.
>> You're not under oath when signing college forms. You might be lying.
>> Imagine that--someone lying on a college application.
>It's said very clearly that it's not a college application, they're
>school health insurance forms. Which is why the medical history would
>be there.
>I'd imagine lying on them would be concidered an attempt to defraud the
>insurance company, and thus illeagle.
How? Whether Zoey's father had MS is irrelevant to the insurance company,
since MS isn't hereditary.
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Scott Stevenson
>
>Robert Young <rob...@phoenix5.org> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:59:07 -0500, "raven" <rav...@look.ca> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Robert Young <rob...@phoenix5.org> wrote in message
>> >news:3c31e25c...@news.newsguy.com...
>> >> I must have missed the answer to the question as the thread has moved
>> >> on but what was the meaning of that signal phrase?
>> >
>> >It was a code to let the person know that something important was
>happening
>> >and they were being asked to come and join in the discussion, etc.
>> >
>> >Lesley
>>
>> I figured as much. Was this set up in some earlier episode or we all
>> just have to figure it out, as we do many things on the show?
>
>As far as I can remember, it was introduced in this episode and it was up to
>us to figure it out. But I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong
Didn't they use it at some party to get POTUS, Leo, and a couple of
others to the Situation Room?
take care,
Scott
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Cally
> Robert Young <rob...@phoenix5.org> wrote in message
> > >It was a code to let the person know that something
important was
> happening
> > >and they were being asked to come and join in the
discussion, etc.
> > >
> > >Lesley
> >
> > I figured as much. Was this set up in some earlier
episode or we all
> > just have to figure it out, as we do many things on the
show?
>
> As far as I can remember, it was introduced in this
episode and it was up to
> us to figure it out. But I'm sure that someone will
correct me if I'm wrong
> :-)
You're wrong *g* We first heard it used in 'Bartlet's Third
State Of The Union' when Leo sent Margaret to get someone
out of the party and down to the Situation Room without
alerting anyone else there that something was up.
Cally
raven
Cally <any...@nospambtinternet.com> wrote in message
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See, I *knew* someone would come up with the right answer <g>. Guess I'd
better go back and start re-watching everything again, eh?
Lesley
Chris Crandall
: >> Umm, as the impeachment has well-taught us, not all lying is perjury.
: >> You're not under oath when signing college forms. You might be lying.
: >> Imagine that--someone lying on a college application.
Todd Kogutt: Scavenger" <to...@not.toddkogutt.com> wrote:
: >It's said very clearly that it's not a college application, they're
: >school health insurance forms. Which is why the medical history would
: >be there.
: >I'd imagine lying on them would be concidered an attempt to defraud the
: >insurance company, and thus illeagle.
No, not school health insurance forms--school health forms. I've been a
student or taught at 8 colleges and universities, and only one of them
provided the equivalent of "health insurance" to its students. And that
one exception was a minor exception--it's student health services was just
really, really good. It wasn't really insurance.
There is no "insurance company" that one is defrauding.
Chris Crandall
: And that one exception was a minor exception--it's student health
: services was just really, really good.
I'm so sorry for the above sentence. Try:
: That one exception was a minor--it student health services were just
: really, really good.
Only four grammatical or style errors. Not too bad for Usenet. :-)
Chris Crandall
: That one exception was a minor--it student health services were just
: really, really good.
Egads. Try:
: That one exception was minor--its student health services were just
: really, really good.
Really, sorry. Won't do it again.
AMYSA
>No, not school health insurance forms--school health forms. I've been a
>student or taught at 8 colleges and universities, and only one of them
>provided the equivalent of "health insurance" to its students. And that
>one exception was a minor exception--it's student health services was just
>really, really good. It wasn't really insurance.
both schools i've attended have offerred health insurance as does, according to
their website, georgetown. the latter also requires proof of personal insurance
if you don't go through the school. they evidently don't have student health
fees.
amy
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