Troubletown.WHAT IF THERE WAS A TICKING ticking a coat color pigmentation pattern in which hairs of one color are distributed in small groups throughout the background color, e.g. Australian cattle dog. Called also speckling. TIME BOMB IN NEW YORK CITY New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. AND THE TERRORIST WHO KNOWS WHERE IT'S HIDDEN IS SITTING RIGHT HERE. YOU'D TORTURE HIM, RIGHT? WOULD I HAVE TO CARRY OUT THE TORTURE PERSONALLY? YOU'D HAVE GUYS TO DO THAT--THE POINT IS: THE BOMB'S GONNA gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. GO OFF IF YOU DON'T ACT! HOW DO I KNOW THIS GUY HAS A BOMB? I'D FIRST CHECK OUT THE SOURCE--YOU! IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU KNOW--YOU JUST KNOW--OKAY? SEEMS A LITTLE TOO TIDY FOR ME. SEE, I'D WONDER IF MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A SCORE TO SETTLE. OVER A WOMAN MAYBE? ARE YOU ACCUSING ME OF SETTING THE TIME BOMB? IT ALL ADDS UP, DOESN'T IT? RIDICULOUS! IS IT? WHO ELSE KNEW ABOUT THE TERRORIST'S HEART CONDITION? WITH HIM OUT OF THE WAY, YOU AND MARLA MARLA Member of the Association of Residential Letting Agents (leasing and property management; UK) COULD COLLECT ON THE POLICY AND START OVER! HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT THAT THE BOMB WAS A RUSE? I SAW IT ONCE ON LAW AND ORDER, SIMPLISTIC sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple SCENARIO UNIT. [c] 2005 www.TROUBLETOWN.com |
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