punchbowl

Who thinks being the turd in a punchbowl is something to aspire to be?

Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics. 2010

This would also likely elicit a retreat in equity markets as the removal of the proverbial "punchbowl" would be viewed as a stock negative.

SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

"punchbowl" area off the hiking trail in the park.

theithacajournal.com - 2010

Seven Years at the Fed: Bernanke in his own words -- "Some rather interesting quotes from our esteemed Fed Chief from the past few years regarding why the Fed's approach to dealing with banks is the right one (back in 2006!), about when he'll take away the 'punchbowl'

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Damien Hoffman 2009

Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.

Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011

Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.

Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011

Ahem: pardon me for spitting in the punchbowl, but she's always annoyed the cogs off me, and the situation isn't improving as we both get older.

Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Blind Date Charlie Brooker 2010

When times are good nobody wants to take the punchbowl away:

Matthew Yglesias » The Sources of Regulatory Failure 2009

Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.

Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011

Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.

Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011