I have not seen any of those movies—not out of anything but inertia— and cannot weigh in.

Agreed. The suburbs are where a large chunk of Americans live now, a much greater percentage than 70 years ago.

On my laptop, I scrolled down to only the first line. I was muttering “today” before I saw your qualifier at the end.

How many outtakes will their be of the dogs sniffing each other’s butt?

Anyone else rooting for Barnestoneworth United?

I’m still waiting for a doctoral thesis to prove or disprove my favorite alternative propulsion theory.

Correct me, but I’m guessing that his father was a blue-collar guy and he himself has a college education, owns at least a dozen dress suits for his work, and feels like he’s not drinking manly enough. And if he’s not drinking manly enough, by God, Democrats are even worse at it.

If you want to be gobsmacked by the kind of taste money can’t buy, I recommend McMansion Hell, by Kate Wagner.

Tangent: I am not-young, and a radio amateur. I got my license back when ham radios had tubes in them.

Or “The NRA is sorta squishy. We need a group who’ll protect our holy Second Amendment.”

3rd:

statements so “extreme” that reasonable people would assume from the get-go the authors couldn’t possibly be serious

As we saw with Youppi, I will bet the Phanatic is also a two-sport player.

Cool, thanks.

Hey, I’m an American who has been into soccer since before the Cosmos signed Pele. But (even though I have some German ancestry) I don’t have a Bundesliga team to root for.

Tangent (from a Dutch-speaking friend I had ages ago): Does the name Citroen really translate into (this car is a) lemon?

If I were Herman Cain, would I be keeping my mouth shut and glad that people are paying attention to Ben Carson’s missteps right now?

“Better to star silent and be thought a fool...”

No, not too dark. We’ve entered “laugh, lest ye cry” territory.