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8 Great 'Shutdown Pickup Lines'

When a government shutdown loomed in 2011, with .

They're back!

Here are some of the better, slightly naughty ones we're seeing (we also also checked ):

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There's also some tweeting about about #ifgovernmentshutsdown. Here's one of those:

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Feel free to add some lines of your own in the comments thread. (Just don't go all "adult" on us, please!)

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Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.
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