“Hitler” has now become a routine term of abuse for anyone who disagrees with you.  Christians claim he was an atheist; atheists claim he was a Christian.  Carnivores claim he was a vegetarian; vegetarians claim he was a carnivore.  He’s obviously not being invoked as a real person, who did real and awful things, but as a catch-all “bad guy.”  Rather than trivialize Hitler for the sake of a cheap ad hominem attack, I suggest using some two-dimensional villain from popular culture instead: Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis, Professor Moriarty; or Superman’s enemy, Lex Luthor; or the Skillery Scallery Alligator that was always chasing Uncle Wiggily.  It would be refreshing to hear a politician say, “Your beliefs aren’t the same as mine!  You’re just like the Big Bad Wolf!  You’re Fu Manchu!”

I’d like to hear a piece that Bela
Bartok wrote for vuvuzela.

blankety-blank blanket

The apple never falls far from the snake.

The octopus is named for the number of its tentacles, not for its unusual intelligence.

I gave my love a cherry that had no stone; she gave me a stone that had no cherry. Now what?

What’s wrong with “playing God”? I thought you were so keen on him.

stirring a screwdriver with a screwdriver

Many NYC subway cars are now equipped with pricey gizmos that announce and display the next stop. Since the trains are often re-routed, and the gizmos are not reprogrammed, the information is often wrong.

I’m glad the walls don’t have ears; that would be creepy.

My parents went to El Dorado,
And brought me back this avocado.

(Posted by Doug Skinner. Lang Campbell drew the Skillery Scallery.)