after Mark Steyn employed the phrase “tongue bath” twice in 24 hours.
Representatives for Mr. Steyn categorically denied that he was merely “quoting a Norwegian imam,” before giggling and hanging up.
Other rumours, particularly that one former HRC staffer was even compelled to “call in sick” as a result of reading Steyn’s blog and was later discovered nude on his Art Shoppe chesterfield, covered in Cheetos, cannot be confirmed.
In related news: the Center for Disease Control has now traced last week’s “new strain of flu” — responsible for a separate wave of absenteeism — to Carly Simon’s admission on Fox & Friends that she needs to be spanked regularly.