There’s a movie here, about a heroic Scot who reads that headline and loads a cargo of whisky in Aberdeen and sails it through wind and wave and storm to Tokyo, to be met by a hero’s welcome.

Milo always reminds me of that curious troll you encounter, the one who tosses in “LOL” in seemingly random places, apparently because he thinks that by saying something like, “I bought milk at the store. LOL!” he zinged you a good one.

Pence sees himself as the Second Coming of Dick Cheney, a “strong” man who can rule behind the scenes of a weak, figurehead ruler.

I was in the process of copy-pasting that exact quote and writing a completely parallel comment to yours when I saw your post, directly below mine. Bravo, Admiral! Well said!

As a near-lifelong Mets fan, I so wish I could resent or dispute your headline. Can’t.

Where is Tommy Lee Jones when you need him?

It’s hard to believe that Guiliani was once a serious and respected prosecutor. That seems as far back as the fall of Troy. And now he’s in bed with the very kind of people he used to put in prison.

We’ve got that, too. Incredible.

I have a feeling they’ve been taught to hug that white line because following it gives them the right of way to simply slide into the next lane as their lane vanishes. (And naturally, anyone already there is supposed to simply swerve or brake or vanish entirely.)

Now, this is clearly the fault of women. If even one Parisian Runway Model™ had deigned to have sexual congress with this dude, he wouldn’t be such a weakling as to be unable to tear a piece of paper in half, or to be so mentally dim that he was unaware he was publicly making an ass of himself. That said...his…

Wow. I’ve never seen that. Hope I never do. Amazing how many chuckleheaded things people will come up with behind the wheel!

Yikes.

Ah, yes. The ‘freedom’ of the sharecropper, a goal we all aspire to!

I did not know that, re: big trucks. Thanks!

What would increase spin rate? A sticky substance to improve grip, or a teflon-ish substance to reduce air friction? I’m guessing a combination, if strategically placed. Where are the Mythbusters when we need them???

YOU’RE AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL!

My post was based on Minnesota driving, which is by and large on flat country with more ridges than hills.

No, the correct response was to laugh if you found the joke amusing, or not to laugh if you didn’t. This assumes a sense of humor. Which plants lack.

Excellent advice. Makes me wish I was still young enough and deft enough and energetic enough to drive a stick. :)

If you picture Karloff’s Frankenstein Monster on roller skates, you’ll have an inkling of how graceful and coordinated my buddy was behind the wheel of his car. :)