All she wanted was some "cheap World Series tickets" to see the Phillies last year, but instead Susan Finkelstein got arrested for prostitution.What, you might ask, is a "Swiss picnic"? According to UrbanDictionary, it's something you should not look up on UrbanDictionary while at work. Seriously. Anyone know of a different meaning for the term which the author may have intended?
And then she watched as her story became an international water-cooler joke....
It's been no Swiss picnic for the Temple University graduate.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
MAYBE SHE MEANT TO THROW A LEMON PARTY: Our friend sconstant, in scanning the latest news regarding sex-for-tix convict Susan Finkelstein (sentenced today to 1yr probation + 100h community service on the attempted prostitution charge), noted a curious reference in this DN article on Finkelstein, now several months old but linked today from the front page of Philly.com:
A couple months ago, John Baer used "reach-around" in reference to two members of Congress. Stay classy Daily News.
ReplyDeleteStupid me, I thought it was a treat involving Ricola.
ReplyDeleteI wish you were kidding. In the context of Eric Massa's endorsement of Joe Sestak.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't seem physically possible.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Food Timeline: What is a "Swiss picnic?"
ReplyDeleteSwiss National Day, est. 1891, is celebrated August 1st with a variety of outdoor activities. One of the most popular activies is eating, including picnics. This festive holiday is sometimes likened to the USA's Independence Day celebration, July 4th. We find no specific connotation/definition for the term "Swiss Picnic" apart from the general allusion above. Several Swiss-American organizations hold annual picnics. According the information uploaded to the Internet, these are festive celebrations welcoming family, friends and community. Perhaps this was the allusion Larry David meant in his quote from Curb Your Enthusiasm: "It's no Swiss Picnic for me, either."
I most sincerely wish that I had not clicked on that Urban Dictionary link.
ReplyDeleteMan, people's sexual proclivities will never cease to amaze me. I'm not even sure how you'd go about thinking some of this stuff up.
ReplyDeleteAll that to say no, I don't know any definition of Swiss picnic that varies from people eating a meal outside in Switzerland or, you know, what was listed here.
What I don't understand is why -- even if you take "Swiss picnic" at its literal meaning -- a picnic in Switzerland would be deemed to be any easier or more pleasant than a picnic anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I found the Urban Dictionary sample sentence at least as amusing as the definition itself.
You can really hear it in Dr. Bailly's voice, can't you?
ReplyDeleteThis smacks of some sort of bet about who can sneak the dirtiest thing past the copy editors.
ReplyDeleteEhhhh, that urbandictionary entry only has one 1 up-vote, and 8 down.
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