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Alphonse and Gaston

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Alphonse and Gaston
personifications of overdone politeness. [Comics: Horn, 77–78]


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And how about the opposite side of the spectrum--the so-called Alphonse and Gaston act where overcautious and timid players gave the right of way to each other, with the ball falling safely between them?
When Mike Randolph grabbed a fistful of Dewayne De Rosario's shorts less than 30 seconds into the second half -- leading to De Rosario's tie-breaking penalty kick -- and Ty Harden and Peter Vagenas played Alphonse and Gaston with the ball in the box -- politely leaving it for Houston's Ricardo Clark to poke into the net -- what defense was there for that anyway?
They used to joke, Clinton said, that ``they were the Alphonse and Gaston of our economic team.
 
 
 
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