Same. I wish there more people, me included, would try and be half as good as he was.

School Sucks? I had his algebra book!

What about the fictional Billy Hicks from St. Elmo's Fire? He's high on my list, mostly because the wife watches that movie whenever it's on.

Which Dan Hicks - the announcer or that of "Hot Licks" fame?

Rip Taylor does.

My son's babysitter used to give him really noisy toys, or toys with lots of pieces, for his birthday. We used to say she shopped at the Passive-Aggressive Toy Company.

I didn't say people couldn't (it's a free country, for now) just that they shouldn't.

If you're over age four, the answer is no.

No, it's because the guys in the oil fields used to wear them and were called oil field worker shirts. Then, the 'Beverly Hillbillies' came on and called oil 'Texas Tea' and someone said, 'Huh? Tea shirts? That's easier to put on a label.' And now you know the rest of the story.

Yeah, well, if it wasn't for us, you'd be saying 'egg cups' in German…or something like that. Soft boiled eggs are nasty though.

Yeah, I assumed what you did. That his name should be 'Donald,' not 'Donal,' which, while not the most brilliant comment (sorry, Lt. Broccoli) is not offensive.

It's urgent, urgent. A real emergency, if you will.

DAT. The future is DAT, my friend.

No, she's playing Ricardo Montalban.

You're on a Rolle

No wars for cola!

I hear you. For me, it was the beat down Croissanwich gave the Egg McMuffin. I still have nightmares about what I saw.

What can I say? I like horseradish sauce.

Onions. BBQ sauce. Horseradish sauce. It was better than average.

I didn't say he wasn't icky, just that I don't think he's going down with the rest of them. He was CEO of one of the world's largest publicly traded companies. You don't get there by being stupid or not knowing how to cover your tracks.