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QUARTERBACK: OK...it's going to be a long pass on ten.... Got it? TEAMMATES: Right! A bomb, on ten.... QUARTERBACK: Repeat.... TEAMMATES: On ten, a bomb! QUARTERBACK: Again! TEAMMATES: On ten, a bomb! QUARTERBACK: Together! At this point the team breaks into rousing song, chorusing: "On ten, a bomb.... On ten, a bomb...!!" BUM ANSWERS Sportswriters ask a lot of questions, not all of which get answered satisfactorily. For an example of the kind of bum answers they sometimes hear, consider what Los Angeles Laker spokesman Bob Steiner had to say about San Diego Clipper Guard Norm Nixon's recent charges that when he was with the Lakers, the team had somebody tail him to determine if he was using illicit drugs. Steiner said, "We have no comment, other than to make the statement that Norm Nixon has never done anything to our knowledge that did not reflect the highest character and integrity." What Steiner failed to grasp, of course, was that it wasn't Nixon's integrity he was being asked about.   
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