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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReince Priebus Forced Back Into Ancient Puzzle Box After Being Tricked Into Saying Name Backwards
WASHINGTONStartled sources at a GOP fundraiser confirmed Thursday that after being duped into saying his own name backwards, ancient elfin mischief-maker and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus was cast back into the gilded puzzle box that has confined him for millennia.
Priebus, a wily, mystical creature who has reportedly carried out right-wing political trickery at numerous points throughout recorded history, was said to be delivering a speech on traditional family values when he unthinkingly read the words Subeirp Ecnier aloud off the teleprompter, immediately causing the lights in the Omni Hotel to flicker and sending a powerful, chilling wind through the convention hall.
Witnesses stated that in the moments after the fateful words were uttered, Priebus reverted to his natural form as a 3-and-a-half-foot-tall wart-covered hobgoblin. As Priebus nose grew red and bulbous and the points of his green felt shoes coiled inward, the puzzle boxforged with images of a sword, a skull, and a jackalshook violently on a nearby tabletop before splitting open and emitting heavy smoke and an eerie purple glow.
Oh, no, you tricked me! the irate conservative dwarf is said to have shouted after invoking the curse, his voice growing higher in pitch as he shrank to one-twelfth his normal size. No, not again! Mark my words: Ill be back! Ill come back to get all of you! I always come back! The world hasnt seen the last of Reince Priebus!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/reince-priebus-forced-back-into-ancient-puzzle-box,29803/
Priebus, a wily, mystical creature who has reportedly carried out right-wing political trickery at numerous points throughout recorded history, was said to be delivering a speech on traditional family values when he unthinkingly read the words Subeirp Ecnier aloud off the teleprompter, immediately causing the lights in the Omni Hotel to flicker and sending a powerful, chilling wind through the convention hall.
Witnesses stated that in the moments after the fateful words were uttered, Priebus reverted to his natural form as a 3-and-a-half-foot-tall wart-covered hobgoblin. As Priebus nose grew red and bulbous and the points of his green felt shoes coiled inward, the puzzle boxforged with images of a sword, a skull, and a jackalshook violently on a nearby tabletop before splitting open and emitting heavy smoke and an eerie purple glow.
Oh, no, you tricked me! the irate conservative dwarf is said to have shouted after invoking the curse, his voice growing higher in pitch as he shrank to one-twelfth his normal size. No, not again! Mark my words: Ill be back! Ill come back to get all of you! I always come back! The world hasnt seen the last of Reince Priebus!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/reince-priebus-forced-back-into-ancient-puzzle-box,29803/
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Reince Priebus Forced Back Into Ancient Puzzle Box After Being Tricked Into Saying Name Backwards (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Oct 2012
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AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)1. Makes you wonder if he truly is
Related to Rumpelstiltskin...
eShirl
(18,493 posts)2. “Oh, no, you tricked me!”
dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)3. Funny guy
His name backwards is almost as funny as his name without vowels, RNC PR BS. Now there's a shoe that fits.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. Mr. Mxyzpltk.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)7. that was my thought but there was no puzzle box
just an alternate dimension
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)11. Yeah, I remember that from Superfriends on Saturday mornings
it was a while ago...
Turborama
(22,109 posts)5. LOL He is Hell Raiser! n/t
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)6. K&R! ROFL!
That has to be one of the best, ever!
nuxvomica
(12,425 posts)9. The signs and portents are all around us, people!
For example, do you know where, according to legend, one meets The Devil? The crossroads!
tanyev
(42,559 posts)10. That explains so much.