GET BACK!—If I remember it correctly, Harvey Korman’s character of Hedley Lamar in Mel Brooks’s western satire “Blazing Saddles” laments that people he was hoping to drive out of town were “staying in droves.”
Don’t you hate when a cliché is left hanging in the air, just waiting for some wise-acre to come along and put it (and you) out of its (and your) misery?
Question: Do you ever find yourself in an awkward moment? If the answer’s no, you’d best call your health professional. You may, in fact, be dead.
1. “IT’S FOR YOU.” This was a common remark in homes that had a land line and more than one occupant. These days, you don’t pick up a phone on others’ behalf because they all have their own phones.
ANNUAL RECURRING REVENUE v. ANNUAL RECURRING PARVENU. The first term refers to an assessment of how your business is growing over time. The second is a mysteriously wealthy activist stockholder who challenges every move your company makes. Neither should be dealt with more than once a year.
Idaho’s Governor Brad Little (of whom it can be said “Little is known”) has given the thumbs-up for the state to use firing squads as a backup to carry out executions when it just can’t get its hands in the drugs needed to administer lethal injections.
It’s being reported that Andrew Lloyd Webber—the world-famous composer of 22 musicals which yielded one memorable song— has been asked by His Overdue Highness, King Charles, to pop out a tune or two for his coronation.
In a big week for office supplies, it was revealed that for more than 900 years, the stones supporting Notre Dame Cathedral were held in place by (wait for it) staples.
With April 1st looming this Saturday, I’m moved to declare I’ve never liked “pranksters” nor ever been one.
Ed Norton’s 12th-great grandmother was Pocahontas, according to the PBS show, “Finding Your Roots.” You could find this news shocking if you thought that“ Ed Norton” was not a real person— but instead, the sewer worker Art Carney played beside Jackie Gleason’s Ralph Kramden on the classic TV show “The Honeymooners.”
