Dead Irish Writers
Act 1
Lord Marbury: Brendan McGann cannot visit the White House.
Bartlet: Look, obviously you knew this was going to be a thing, but it doesn't have to be tonight, right?
Lord Marbury: No, absolutely not. I shall take it up with Gerald.
Thing = point of contention between England and the US
Act 2
Chuck Kane: Listen, uh, you've still got my number, right? About the thing?
Josh: Yeah.
Chuck [to Amy]: Nice meeting you.
Josh: Good seeing you, Chuck.
Amy: “About the thing”? You guys pulling a heist?
Thing = Chuck's desire to get a job on the campaign as deputy political director
Posted by Philateley at March 6, 2002 10:00 PM