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1. about 1 hour ago on That is Priceless

   /// Is that the “Al Fresco” from Frisco,

   who hangs out all night at the Cannes Disco?

   He strolls au naturel.

   You can tell by the smell

   that the sunscreen he uses is Crisco.

2. about 2 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// If both you and your girl plan to share a

   balcony on the French Riviera,

   Cannes and Nice are each nice,

   but for beach, don’t think twice.

   You’ll find more on the sandy Sahara.

3. about 3 hours ago on That is Priceless

   “The Taming of the Shrew” is the play-within-a-play of “Kiss Me Kate.” But you knew that. Many other readers here probably don’t.

4. about 3 hours ago on Ballard Street

   Yes, he saw to that… or rather, didn’t see… or…

   Never mind.

5. about 4 hours ago on Super-Fun-Pak Comix

   My wife is misophonic. Certain sounds which most people ignore, (and chewing is one of them), will infuriate her. It is the nature of the sound, not the volume. If I eat something crunchy in her presence (mouth closed, of course) she will ask me to stop until she can leave the room.

6. about 5 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// When you’re telling a story in rhyme,

   you can’t help it if, from time to time,

   a few lines you devise

   seem like some other guy’s.

   Such coincidence isn’t a crime.

   (I feel certain that Irving Berlin never accused Cole Porter of plagiarizing his Texas-checks idea. Similar things happen in this comments section all the time.)

7. about 5 hours ago on That is Priceless

   “Don’t forget to bring along the artist to have it captured on canvas.”

8. about 5 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// It’s the rarest of three-party sins,

   a ménage in which nobody wins.

   Because after you “play”

   you cannot get away

   from a “thrupple” with Siamese twins.

9. about 5 hours ago on That is Priceless

   I see them immediately beneath this string. Do you not? Or are you suggesting that they ought to have been withdrawn because of the Sapphic affair I manufactured out of whole cloth? I was going to add a comment there clarifying what was true and what was not, but thought it best to respond instead to PraiseofFolly since his comment was above mine, and readers might get to it first. Perhaps that was a miscalculation. My mention of “litigious descendants” was tongue-in-cheek. I have no problem, in general, with writing about real people and events in a humorous or satirical manner which veers from the known facts, as long as the invented parts are identified. There are lines of good taste and common decency, however, which probably should not be crossed, even with a disclaimer.

10. about 5 hours ago on That is Priceless

    I thought it was Gregor Samsa on vacation.