Which Prince Charming? Aren’t there about thirty of them?

As far as insult goes, consider the source:

“If the stated goal of etiquette is to make things as easy and comfortable for your guests” — That’s not the stated goal of etiquette. That’s also not the stated goal of manners. I could explain, but I think anyone getting into these areas needs to invest time in reading Miss Manners. (She’s one of my favorite…

I know I’m putting too much thought into this but: How does he expect to be notified that his demands have been met, given that he doesn’t realize that his demands have been met?

At some point, you should stop calling it guacamole and start calling it “avocado mash” or whatever.

If spanking were necessary to instill discipline, the military would use it during basic training. (Okay, there’s probably some spanking, but not officially.)

My version has Dermot Mulroney falling for Rupert Everett (because who wouldn’t?), and when they run off to get married at the end, Julia and Cameron give each other a considering look.

Labels and stereotypes and other generalities can be a useful shorthand — human behavior is so complex, it’s often helpful to start from a simplified position. But that’s just a start, not the end product. You have to be able to move past the general label to the specific person.

Slavery wasn’t viable, but it was still their way of life and they wanted to hold on to it. More specifically, they needed to expand into the newly organized territories west of the Mississippi. Hence the battle over state’s rights, but really the battle to expand slavery. It’s not like they were just going to shrug…

I seriously think about segregating middle school into male and female classes, just to avoid so much crap that happens during the teen transition years. Hopefully that would lay a solid enough foundation to allow reintegration during high school.

“A color-blind, modern Pan”? More like a colorless, modern Pan.

Not where I live. We even have curb-side recycling. So there!

“So, are you wearing anything under the kilt?”

God has forgiven him, so who cares what his victims think...

My fantasy superpower is to smite people with lightning, preferably while they’re telling everyone how it’s right and proper for them to go around being evil. ‘Cause it would look like their God was laying them low, like a big ol’ divine “Nope.”

I am so in favor of school uniforms. (Please, tell me how children forced to wear uniforms are forever denied the ability to express themselves through fashion. Just like how fast food workers and professional athletes are incapable of self-expression through clothing.)

Clearly the teachers were just worried about sunburn...

Why on earth would the judge deny a DNA request? “A definitive determination of the merits of the claim? Nope, can’t have that.”

“Almost as embarrassing as editing out pertinent information about your lineage on a show about heritage...” I haven’t watched the show, but given how many ancestors people have after a few generations, and how much time a show has available, there’s going to be lots of stuff edited out.

To refute a claim, you have to talk about what was claimed, and how it was wrong. So no, talking about how the people who made the claim are untrustworthy does not refute the claim. Discredit the claim != refute the claim.