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Wickit good, in a cabinet or from a bubbler.

Much of what forms, shall we say, my attitude, stems from my upbringing in Providence, RI, a place where the political corruption is so deeply entrenched that it engenders a near-fatal level of cynicism in any thinking person who grows up there. Imagine my great delight to find quahog.org, a truly encyclopedic site of all things Vo Dislun. I knew it was the real deal when I ran across this:

No school Fosta-Glosta
A catchphrase (much like "Whatchootalkin'boutWillis?"), uttered by much-beloved media personality Salty Brine during winter snow-day reports. Foster and Glocester are two abutting communities in the northwest of the state that are completely snowbound during months containing an "r." Salty always lumped the two together when making no-school announcements; most Rhode Islanders believe there's a town out there called Fosta-Glosta.

Salty's been gone from the radio for a few years now, but the phrase refuses to die. A sure way to find out if someone is lying about having spent time in the state (as though one would), is to challenge him with the phrase "No school..." A real Rhode Islander knows the rest.