JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for April 03, 2024

So, one of them can’t even sign his name except with an X.

Which one is illiterate?

I’m reading his memoir; Robb took martial arts classes as a kid, and had to deal with bullies!

I got my blue belt in tae kwon do, but I haven’t taken any lessons since. Maybe that’s because I prefer regular arts, as opposed to martial arts.

“I am sorry but no. Learning the big words is the reason your belt will be yellow. Learning to do it, we may use some other color….like black even.”

not a ringing endorsement for the public school system in Philly

Chuck Norris recently celebrated his 84th birthday.

Has he trained a successor?

Perhaps they suffer learning disabilities. Dyslexia, perhaps?

Never mind yellow belts in martial arts. How ’bout a white belt in grammar skool?

Of course, in real life the bullies are often very clever. Luckily, these ain’t them.