An understandable misunderstanding

The St. Bernard Parish residents were rightly concerned that the animal running through the alley was too weird for words -- some beast escaped from Adubon or a Loyola science lab experiment gone terribly wrong -- not a beloved $3,500 cat that flew first class from California to MSY.

In defense of her husband, Clara said they "shooed" the cat, not "shooted" the cat. On further consideration, what she meant to say was they eschewed the cat, but under direct questioning she explain that, no, they "achooed" at the cat, because they're allergic.

Hey, Mabel

David Brooks and John Ford

"The Republicans talk more about the market than about society, more about income than quality of life. They celebrate capitalism, which is a means, and are inarticulate about the good life, which is the end. They take things like tax cuts, which are tactics that are good in some circumstances, and elevate them to holy principle, to be pursued in all circumstances."

In the same way, we have said for years that if "It's a Wonderful Life," were remade today (by Fox studios instead of Liberty Films), George Bailey would be the socialist spouting villain and Henry Potter would be the hero, allowing capitalism to create a utopia.

According to IMDB, "In 1947, an FBI analyst submitted an addition to a memo on "Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry" that the film's "obvious" attempt to discredit bankers "is a common trick used by Communists."

Heros of America -- George

Sid Coincidental and his Perfunctory Orchestra

Hampden poker

That'll be funny in about 80 years