You’re right. The mental image that evoked was a bit disturbing.

It’s unfortunate entirely in character to see the president stooping so low....

No, no, wrong presentation. “Comrade Kim Jong-Un, the Great Fountain of Revolutionary Fervour, would inspire loyal cadres to denote the day of his accession to power as our “National Day of Patriotic Devotion”, an anniversary to be marked for eternity by the grateful masses and a well-deserved honour that the Great…

I think that we can be sure that they are, indeed, good boys.

All hail.

No doubt money was saved. By someone.

Those are dachsunds. Their time is now.

It takes a very long time and a lot of effort for something to be scientifically accepted

Whoa, time for this...

...one of those tiny midget horses. With tiny hooves. And an orangish wispy mane.

They’re probably actually nephrite, which is a form of jade, not so expensive as jadeite (it’s still fairly expensive, but that depends upon where you are, I think). Jadeite is the stuff that comes in a variety of colours and commands a greater price - the two minerals have similar chemical compositions, though.

Um, thanks.

Well, yes. I would have said “indisputable to anyone not rendered imbecile by ideology”.

Something that doesn’t get enough coverage is the fact that temperature variance seems to be increasing as well. This makes for greater variability in both temperatures attained within a season, and the seasonal limits of seasonal weather. 

Also Bras d’Or. And Sloan.

You can see why the Wood Age was never really a thing in human prehistory.

Thanks. I really did think that that sort of thing went out of style with Tom Jones. Nice to see a fine old tradition being kept up.

Do people still do that? Throw their underwear on stage, I mean.

It was the federal stuff I was talking about - this, a couple of years back now.

Not to his face, I hope.