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Best not Google “boy kills sister”, then. The youngest killer I found in 30 seconds of searching was age six.

Well, it fits with the known facts. Not that facts matter to the wilder theories.

I’d be okay with this, if Nature reset the balance this way:

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“Pink Elephants On Parade” would also have been a good choice. Or “Yackety Sax”.

If the democratically elected government of British Columbia sent a petition to Washington D.C. asking to become the 51st state, what should the U.S. do?

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What, he didn’t rise on the third day — that we know of?

True. There are a lot of options between: a) doing nothing, and z) getting involved in a physical fight. Calming the situation down should be top priority.

No, no. You’re supposed to help all people, if and when they need help, not just because they are women, who used to be presumed to need help at all times.

Thinking of Walmart as “the water hole” made me smile — but it’s true.

She rides that Rascal scooter for respect!

She looks better every time — here, she’s so delightfully soft serve with sprinkles.

Why would one need to have a special technical rehearsal for a death, as opposed to any other major news? Let alone one involving a twit and a tweet?

I was in my favourite Japanese restaurant (owned and staffed by a Korean/Chinese family) when one of the servers approached me with his English textbook, and a long list of words he didn’t understand how to pronounce. There didn’t seem to be any rules.

We knew my aunt was going loop-de-loop when she claimed to see kangaroos in her condo’s parking look.

There’s the Marauder’s Map from Harry Potter, the function of which seems to be to make its users more confused and lost. At times when it might actuallly be useful, everyone forgets about it.

The late Stephen Jay Gould thought it was random. I’m not so sure, and how would you go about proving that, anyway? It’s interesting to speculate on, though.

Glad to hear I’m not the only person distracted from tragedy by spelling and grammar errors.

Sounds like you’re on the right path.

Not sure about how old your kids are, or where you live, but your kids can help with the grocery shopping; whether it’s just fanning out at the grocery store — “you, get three cans of beans, you, get two lbs. of tomatoes” — or when they’re older, giving them a list and sending them off on their bikes. You can load an