One other potential perk of working from home: If you live in an income tax-free state but commute to a state with an income tax, you can get the tax refunded for the days you work at home. Example: NH residents who work in MA.

I wonder if there are any Germans named “Mexican.”

115 finished before our hero

Is it the original mother on “Eight is Enough,” the one who died? And is that Barney Miller bopping in and out on the right?

Diving from that ridiculously high platform? You could easily hurt yourself pretty bad if you land wrong.

“the United States is too big to be governable.” It’s an interesting thought. Hmm, maybe we could devolve some of the federal government’s power to smaller, more independent units, and let them govern themselves as they see fit. And we could call them “States.”

Those five categories are not independent of each other.

Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington

Mister Ka-tehr!

Ash Wednesday is supposed to be a total fast day, not just no meat.

You do realize there’s no law against celebrating it on the following Saturday or Sunday? Or in fact celebrating it any day of the year?

The only way to win is to constantly be 1 millisecond this side of an horrendous crash.

“I used to play roller derby”

When you get right down to it, “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” is a political statement, so why are they allowed to use that?

beer meringue!

Is using your pole to make the guy in the next lane wipeout allowed?

Shouldn’t an assistant, a good assistant, keep track of when her boss’s passport expires so he never gets into this position in the first place?

Ridiculous. If you’re afraid to get a colonoscopy, just admit it. BTW I’ve had three - the procedure is nothing. The day before is somewhat distasteful, but nothing horrible.

Any sport decided by subjective judging (I’m lookin’ at you too, gymnastics) is not a sport, it’s a beauty contest.

I stashed it away for the next time someone says something utterly ridiculous in an email at work.