Without stools, lounge singers would have to just stand there.

The chart is missing some of the ones I would most like to know. What about the shampoo girl at the hairdressers? Valet parking and parking-garage guy. (are they the same?) How about that tip box at the car wash?

I remember reading a report from a guy who witnessed some college kids crammed into a sports car. They drove over the tube with their front wheels, got out and picked up the car and carried it over the tube for the back wheels. I guess they thought someone at DOT would be puzzled by the “half a car”, but more likely,…

I agree it’s tough, but to be fair, in such a pass, the pedestrian is also capable of participation. That is to say, the car slamming on its brakes honking its horn and swerving slightly may not avoid an inert object that pops up at that distance, but it might provide a ‘window’ within which the pedestrian can jump…

Unless Uber is providing some really intense drugs for their safety operators, I don’t see how any human being could remain on ‘full alert’ for a whole day’s driving, while also having absolutely nothing to do.

“Like others have said, a machine needs to be better- faster- smarter- than a human; otherwise, what’s the point?”

I bought a Mercedes for $300 once. It was old (and C class besides) and everyone knew it. The only person who actually thought I was “fancy” was my grandmother. I hardly even got any ribbing about it. It was a great car and its reliability outweighed the expense of parts.

“We need a party that can last, and that will push for the right policies and demonstrate an inspiring vision of what government can do. Otherwise, we’ll be right back here in a decade, with nothing to show for ourselves.”

back in the 70's and 80's punks used to drop bowling balls on passenger cars “for kicks”. This happened in places like New Jersey - not Japan. That (and not suicide prevention) is why every walkway over a major road has those high chain-link fences that curve inwards. Perhaps making passenger cars bowling-ball-proof…

Orbital velocity is around 17,000 MPH. Escape velocity is around 25,000 MPH

It’s still safer than Green Light meditation!

20 kilos of cocaine or heroin? Did they mean cocaine and heroin? If they can’t tell the difference, how do they know it’s one or the other? Why not say “cocaine or heroin or granulated sugar?

but not before you release those recordings you made at the White House with your phone.

This one weird trick will tell you what time the Super Bowl starts

Is any butter substitute a ‘margarine’? What about stuff like Benecol and Smart Balance?

Still nothing compared to the great Bugs Bunny who retired an entire side with one pitch.

“Fortunately, ICBMs have only been test fired, and the U.S., Russia, France, India, and Israel all have since developed anti-ballistic missile systems ...”

dude, they didn’t “sell out” DACA - they gave the government THREE WEEKS. Get a grip.

Heaven protects children, sailors, and drunken men.

I think some filmmaker should tackle God Emperor of Dune. In that book, Herbert has really distilled his themes of evolution, ecology, religion, politics and awareness vs instinct. It has fewer characters though hardly less memorable. A less convoluted plot that is still quite thrilling. We finally begin to…