About a million years ago, I saw an episode of Saturday Night Live with Drew Barrymore (it was actually November 20, 1982) and one of the skits (the Whiners) had one of the cast members telling Drew she was going to New Jersey. Her follow-up line was someting to the effect of “I don’t want to go to New Jersey; New Jersey smells like cheese.” Having never been to New Jersey at that point in my life, the description stuck with me and popped into my head every time New Jersey was mentioned. [I have since been to New Jersey and found it did not, in fact, smell like cheese.]
Now that New Jersey has a fantastic governor, the cheese comment is no longer the first thing that comes to mind. For that alone, kudos go to Chris Christie. Christie is the kind of politician that I like: He tells it like it is, and like it should be. Here is the most recent video of him. Enjoy!
