Gypsy Curse Cure Still Alive in NYC
The New York Post reports that four female slick-talkers were spinning tales about family curses. The "cursed" turned over "temporarily" bags of valuables for a "blessing ritual." The suspects took the bags and later returned them while they quickly disappeared. Only then did the gullible folks realize their valuables were gone and replaced by water bottles.
BBC Talk
I actually heard this sentence on the BBC report this morning:
"There is a certain amount of certain uncertainly on that issue."
Comparison
Robert LaRosa wrote to the Post:
"Trump has insulted the family of a slain soldier, called Mexicans rapists, called women pigs, called Vladimir Putin a friend and claims he's a business genius even after declaring bankruptcy...
. But Hillary used the wrong e-mail server.""
From a Long Time Ago
J. H. Plumb wrote an article for the Saturday Review in 1967, titled: "A Drug is a Drink Is a Smoke"
M.Mazharul Huq of my hometown, New Bedford, Massachusetts, took issue with the article as follows:
"Mr. Plumb states: 'However, we are not alone in our folly, after all, Islam permits marihuana and bans alcohol.' this is partly a false statement. Islam does not permit the use of marihuana or for that matter any other intoxicating drugs. According to the Koran all intoxicants be they alcohol or drugs are prohibited... I wonder from where Mr. Plumb gets the information that Islam permits the use of marihuana."
Incidentally, the Saturday Review of Literature was my favorite magazine for many years. It has long since died a respectable death. Some persons satirized the magazine as being pompous and some even called it The Satyr Dairy View. I loved it and miss it.
Literary Crypts
The Saturday Review always published a cryptogram to be broken to find a literary quote within the puzzle. I looked forward to this cryptogram every week. A couple of quotes uncovered follow:
James Thurber: "It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all."
A. A. Milne: "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."
Random Quote
Unamuno: "Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible."
Spur of the Moment Poem
I had a job where I had to praise customers,
Another word for praise is EXTOL.
But the company had to let me go,
Because I stole.
Some more stuff from the New York Post
Apologetic Crook:
Katsutoshi Ozaki allegedly threatened a store clerk with a knife before stealing $15,000, police said. But guilt got the best of him and he returned later to make amends with the clerk, who promptly called police.
Horny Crooks
Caledon, Canada police said thieves snatched $1,5 million worth of elk, deer, and moose antlers.
Calling all Cars
Poor Carlo Bernarte complains that in the past 12 years, six cars have crashed into his North Carolina home. One car even sailed through his picture window.
Land of the Free
The Cato Institute placed New York state dead last in their list of "free" states, because of its high taxes and "heavy handed rules controlling daily life." Maryland ranked 46th. The most free State was listed as New Hampshire.. the second was Alaska.
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