How to Use 'Time for Some Traffic Problems in Fort Lee' Everyday

“Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee”

– Bridget Anne Kelly, 7:34 a.m., August 13 2013

Those eight words will live forever in the history books, marking the defining moment of the massive political scandal, now known as Bridgegate, involving New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (explainer here).

In this week’s New Yorker, reporter Ryan Lizza documents the origins of the email, sent by Kelly, Christie’s deputy chief of staff, to David Wildstein, an insider at the Port Authority. Lizza’s profile, ““Crossing Christie,” is a #longread that everyone is talking about, and is worth checking out in full.

As a supplement to Lizza’s lengthy profile, we’ve decided to hone in on the eight infamous words that changed everything.

The phrase “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” is great for a number of reasons, first being its versatility. It can and should be used frequently in conversation. Much like Shakespeare’s “All the world’s a stage” and Charlie Sheen’s “WINNING,” it’s time to incorporate “traffic problems in Fort Lee” into our daily lexicon.

Here are four ways in which to use our new phrase:

1) To foreshadow an issue or impending controversy

Scenario: You see an Instagram photo of your best friend’s boyfriend posing in a hot tub surrounded by swimsuit models.