he'd've

• “Pulling her plug, letting out her air, then he'd've had to send away for another blow-up rubber dolly.”

  The Guardian: Margaret Atwood | Underbrush Man

• “If he was serious about ending racial division then he'd've shot down black racism as diligently as white racism.”

  On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

• “I know Gore doesn't want to endorse anybody, but you'd've thought he'd've at least commented on the gas tax rebate boondoggle, wonder why he didn't (or maybe he did and I missed it) ...”

  Uncommitted Super-Del: How Could I Tell My Black Constituents I'm Backing Hillary?

• “I ballparked the amount of time he'd've spent airborne based on a terminal velocity equation I found online.”

  Boing Boing

• “Maybe he was just looking for fame, but he'd've been better off with Candy Barr headlining.”

  They Were Collaborators #381

• “If God had wanted somebody with St. Francis's consistently winning personality for the job in the New Testament, he'd've picked him, you can be sure.”

  'An Argument Against Mysticism And Meditation'

• “You know, if all of the mess around Katrina had happened under a Democrat president, he'd've been strung up by his ankles...”

  criminals

• “Also, I don't think he'd've wanted to have Hulk memorabilia in there.”

  THE INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 Marvel Comics, 1993

• “It didn't take all that much--compared to, say, what a typical rich kid spends on clubbing in a year, or compared to what we and my parents spent on the wedding, or compared to what we used to spend on going out to dinner back when I got paid regularly--but if he hadn't had it, he'd've been screwed.”

  Dream On

• “Mind, he'd've found out he'd dropped it a damn sight sooner if he'd let me call a taxi.”

  Disordered Minds

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