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In Exile 2006
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I’m not a big fan of the San Francisco Chronicle’s movie critic Mick LaSalle — I often find him a humorless crankypants, which is my job.
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I’m not a big fan of the San Francisco Chronicle’s movie critic Mick LaSalle — I often find him a humorless crankypants, which is my job.
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Translation: I had to stay lest I be permanently branded a crankypants after reversing on my original plan to step down.
HUFFPOST HILL - Reverend Al And Tim Geithner -- Of Course! Eliot Nelson 2011
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Translation: I was WAYYYY crankypants after losing the gubernatorial primary to Rick Perry.
HUFFPOST HILL - Reverend Al And Tim Geithner -- Of Course! Eliot Nelson 2011
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Notorious crankypants critic Tom Shales at the Washington Post gave it a good review.
Boing Boing 2009
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If you've ever complained about the decline of modern athletics and yearned for teams that played like teams, here you go, crankypants.
A Magical Team and Its Win Streak Jason Gay 2010
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Joe Namath is crankypants with these young whippershappers.
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Alternatively, you could have just nicely asked for someone here to tell you the answer, instead of being all crankypants.
Kennedy Against The Surge: Who Made These Pro-Surge Comments? 2009
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This, more than the crankypants thing, is my real issue.
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