The Bert Game
A phenomenon growing in popularity in Northeastern America where the name "bert" is texted or posted on a friend's Facebook. Other variations include sending pictures of famous people named Bert, such as Bert Reynolds, to their friends as a joke. The origins of the game are unknown, but it is in the genre of anti-humor.
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Famous quotes containing the words bert and/or game:
“I’d horsewhip you if I had a horse.”
—S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Horsefeathers, a wisecrack made to his son Frank (Zeppo Marx)
“The family environment in which your children are growing up is different from that in which you grew up. The decisions our parents made and the strategies they used were developed in a different context from what we face today, even if the “content” of the problem is the same. It is a mistake to think that our own experience as children and adolescents will give us all we need to help our children. The rules of the game have changed.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)