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1. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Sorry, I’m kind of cold on this one.

2. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   It is that last category that causes all the trouble.

3. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Junk — an oriental vessel with large sails fitted with multiple control lines.

   Such sails are easily trimmed to the size appropriate for existing winds.

4. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Miscellaneous repository.

5. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Isn’t that a word that sounds like what it describes?

6. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I would praise the recipe but it sounds inedible.

   “A dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces,”

7. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Deny its lights?

8. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   When my younger sibling unexpectedly turned out to be a girl and my parents had chosen only boys’ names, my older sister and I were watching the Gale Storm show on TV (1956). That’s why her middle name is Gale, not Gail.

9. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Twitter ==> X ==> XTwitter ==> Extwitter ==> Xwitter

   I propose TwiX

10. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    When I get my daily paper (yes, I still subscribe) I read the comics, solve the Sudoku and the crossword, and then flip through the rest to see if there are any articles I wish to read (usually two or three, seldom more).

    Very rarely I will write a letter to the editor. There will be a telephone call to confirm that I really wrote it, then it will be published a few days after everyone has forgotten the subject I wrote about.