Vanity Plate for the Day – BRT-TAN

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By all rights this should have been on a Mini Cooper, instead it was on a Mitsubishi Mirage with the obvious GB window decal.  A proud Limey driving around the Midwest.

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Quote for the Day – Joseph Heller

Josephy Heller, Miami Bookfair International, 1986“He never once took the name of the Lord his God in vain, committed adultery or coveted his neighbor’s ass. In fact, he loved his neighbor and never even bore false witness against him. Major Major’s elders disliked him because he was such a flagrant nonconformist.”  ~~ From Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Vanity Plate for the Day – ODD-BAL

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This was on the back of a very gray, very generic SUV.  They must be expressing their odd-ballness with something other than their vehicle and a vanity plate.

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Quote for the Day – William Faulkner

15270958187_a2de1b0f9e_b“I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing that, only then does he take up novel writing.” ~~ William Faulkner

 

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Quote for the Day – Anthony Pelcher

Anthony PelcherStill youthful at twenty-five, he was hoping that fate would “give him a break.” It did.”  ~~ Anthony Pelcher in Vampires of Venus

I must be showing my age.  I was reading this story from ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE published April, 1930.  This line just cracked me up.

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Vanity Plate for the Day – 2THFRY

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This was on the back of a Porsche Carrera.  It took me a while to figure it out, but was fun when I did.  Of course the only way I would be driving a Porsche Carrera is if I had a tooth fairy also.

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Vanity Plate for the Day – CHERIO

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In my informal, non-scientific polling… I believe Mini-Coopers have the highest percentage of vanity plates of any car type.  And on that note cheerio to you, old sport.

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Quote for the Day – H.G. Wells

Herbert_George_Wells_in_giovane_età‘“Manhood versus Machinery” occurred to him as a suitable headline. Journalism curdles all one’s mind to phrases.’  H.G. Wells in The Land of Ironclads

 

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Quote for the Day – Walt Sheldon

“One sure way to live dangerously is to become a practical joker.” ~~ Walt Sheldon in This is klon calling

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Word of the Day – Grass Widow

  • Noun: Grass Widow

    1. A woman who is divorced or separated from her husband.
    2. A woman whose husband is temporarily absent.
    3. An abandoned mistress.
    4. The mother of a child born out of wedlock..
  • Synonyms:
    1. Divorcee
  • Usage:

 “The other man’s voice was fainter, but his words were unmistakable enough: ‘Grass widows who turn into old maids have funny notions sometimes.’”.”

  • Encountered:

While reading The Servant Problem by Robert J. Young

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