Recent Comments

1. over 6 years ago on Candorville

   Ah, Daniel Drew’s motto about short-selling: “He who sells what isn’t his’n, must buy it back or go to pris’n.” At least, that was the case 140 years ago, when he died, bankrupt and penniless, at 82 (pretty old for that era!).

2. over 6 years ago on Candorville

   Medicaid? I imagine Clyde’s officially recorded income is zero, qualifying him for Medicaid just about anywhere in the US.

3. over 6 years ago on Candorville

   Incidentally, “Happy Birthday” has been recognized as public domain in 2016, retroactively (Warner/Chappell paid several millions in restitution to people it had demanded fees from).

4. over 6 years ago on Candorville

   Willow Smith’s debut single from 2010, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_My_Hair

5. over 6 years ago on Candorville

   “Unwashed masses” including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Austen, Defoe, Byron, Thackeray, Shaw, and the King James Bible — now THAT is a definitely original meaning for “unwashed masses”!

6. over 6 years ago on Frazz

   Actually, “P” is a plosive, so, there IS a plosive in “espresso”!-)

7. over 6 years ago on Frazz

   Yes, underground trains (AKA “subway”) move fast within a city because they never get snagged in traffic — they’re faster than cars in sufficiently-heavy traffic.