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Most Americans don't realize that you can be legally required to participate in athletic competition just like military service and jury duty. Many of the better known sports and games, like figure skating, diving, curling, and gymnastics have sufficient volunteers to forego the use of conscripted competitors. But if you get a racewalk summons, do not ignore it.

Is Nanase saying that Sarah's sense of style is old fashioned?

Magic, in Moperville, is a not-so-well kept secret. But there are still a lot of details that are not common knowledge. Grace has revealed to Sam that she knows about Magic. Sam needs to figure out if Grace really does have information he needs to know, or if she is full of Cyprinus carpio.

Ah yes. The ever so popular game of how English words do not mean the same thing to any two English speakers. Today we feature a classic bout between Canada where bacon can be found on the back of the porcine beast, and the other Britannic colonies where bacon is from the belly of said beast.

13 January 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople. Fans of the Blue and Green Chariot Racing teams destroy half the city of Constantinople. Hooligans in Britain seem so timid in comparison. 1404 – The Act of Multipliers is passed by the English Parliament forbidding alchemists to use their knowledge to create precious metals (it was feared that if any alchemist should succeed it would bring ruin upon the state). So that's why I can't find anyone who will change my lead to gold. It isn't because it breaks the laws of nature. It just breaks the laws. 1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, first cousin of both Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Catherine Howard (second and fifth wives of King Henry VIII) is sentenced to death by said King. Or, as Mr VIII calls it, Thursday. 1808 – Birth of Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873). I know it sounds fishy, but it's true. You'll find his portrait on the $10,000 gold certificate bill in your wallet. 1864 – Death of Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826). The racist nature of his songs can not be overlooked. But could anyone else cause official highway signs to be marked in musical notation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OPkOW243pE 1879 – In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism (precursor to modern race walking) - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000. That's over $11.85/hour walking for a month. 1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. Because basements and attics are not yet cluttered with enough old magazines. 1935 – A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. If you weren't paying attention, the people living in Saarland, which had been under British and French occupation since the end of WWI, voted overwhelmingly to be annexed by the Nazis rather than continue under the occupation. If the Allied powers ever find themselves in this situation again, they really need to do something differently. 1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. Following Stalin's unexpected death it is discovered that this was a lie, created or exploited by Stalin, to justify a new round of purges in the USSR. No one was surprised. 2002 – Fox has free reign in Washington. A wild fox wanders into the United States Supreme Court Building and evades capture for more than a day despite being spotted by a police officer and observed on video cameras. 2018 – A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii caused widespread panic in the state. Next time, listen to the entire message from the boss before hitting the big red button.

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...people who own cats...? I thought it was the other way around.

So much build up, and then the plot takes a turn I did not expect. And the story is not over? And the twist develops the plot into new stories? M Night Shyamalan could learn something from EGS.

Society insists that the puns and innuendo that appeal to people with prepubescent emotional maturity are not appropriate for serious discussion. Unless, of course, you happen to be a Historian. In that case, make sure your audience knows you take no pleasure in the puns and innuendo. You only point this out to show how incredibly immature people were in the past.* *"The Past" includes that time so many seconds ago when the lesson was written before it was posted.

Didn't Canada have their own version of the "Any Bonds Today" song?

If the potential for awkward misunderstanding were any greater, Grace would spontaneously transmogrify into Ralph Furley.

Just had another Italian Beef sandwich at the "Chicago Style" pizzeria near my home in Florida. In the few times I have been to Chicago, I never had an Italian Beef Sandwich, Chicago Dog, or Deep Dish pizza from any of the traditional sources. So while I like the lean beef sandwich with Giardiniera, how can I be certain that it is really a Chicago Style Italian Beef sandwich?

Perhaps people are asking for those two to be drawn in the style of specific copyrighted and licensed characters which Dan can not use without permission and significant expense. My guess? Fledermaus Mensch

08 January 871 – Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. Additional details are withheld in an attempt to reduce Saxon violence on the internet. 1297 – François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. Did no one think to check if there were weapons hidden under the robes of the monks? 1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City. Thomas Jefferson would later decide that simply sending a report to Congress which the Clerks could read into the record was sufficient. For over a century, US Presidents of all political persuasions followed that example. This leaves many Americans asking why Wilson decided to reinstate that piece of Parliamentary Theatre. 1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. So what if the war was already technically over? It pushed Jackson into the White House and turned a history teacher's attempt to liven up a lesson into a hit record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWkOeK5AmI8 1835 – The United States national debt is zero for the only time. Somehow that seems Un-American. Quite the variety of births on this date in the 20th Century... 1926 – Birth of Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor. No need for a birthday cake. A pie will soon be delivered. 1935 – Birth of Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor. Elvis has left the uterus, thankyouverymuch. 1942 – Birth of Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author. As a newborn, he was already smarter than almost anyone else.

Ok, I grew up in Michigan and half the TV channels I watched as a kid were from Detroit. How come I never saw this Canadian PSA until I followed a link in Scandinavia and the World?

I have long suspected certain politicians pushing through legislation that they know will not survive a veto (or court challenge or is somehow unenforceable) simply to say that they have done all they can and that the system is rigged against them. Then they claim that if you reelect them, they will put that legislation through again, and this time it will stick.

How did I ever forget the most recent battle at the Mall? It is as bad as forgetting You've got me? WHO"S GOT YOU!!!???? If you're blue And you don't know where to go to Why don't you go where fashion sits... A Møøse once bit my sister...

Darn Ethics getting in the way of good intentions. Apparently Grace was the one who needed some coaching from Pandora. Edit: It had to be said

There have been a few sketchbook and pin-up pictures. But this is the first time since Hammerchlorians that we have seen Susan with a Hammer in anything like a story.

07 January 1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England. It would still be about two hundred fifty years, a decade with no king at all, and three royal families before the English monarchs finally stopped claiming to rule France as well. 1598 – Following the death of Tsar Feodor I, the Russian throne is seized by the Regent. But is Boris Godunov? 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day. It is fascinating how these little objects appear to be circling Jupiter when they are actually in a complex pirouette around Earth. 1790 – French Revolution: A major riot breaks out in Versailles as people demand lower bread prices. But what would Queen Marie Antoinette say if she knew the people had no bread? 1822 – First printing in Hawaii. Which is actually a bit surprising. Printing should be so much easier on the Big Island since the Hawaiian language only has 13 letters. 1904 – The distress signal CQD ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ is established by "Circular 57" of the British Marconi International Marine Communication Company, only to be replaced two years later by the German SOS ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄AActually, neither call was universally accepted immediately. American ships would simply key "HELP" and the Titanic alternated between both calls as it sank. 1929 – In a coincidence that normally only is only found in fiction, adventure characters Tarzan and Buck Rogers make their first appearance as newspaper comics on the same day. 1931 – Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast. The region may be known as a land down under, but does a flying record really count if the plane lands upside down? 1934 – In a coincidence that would be rejected by a responsible fiction editor, the adventure character Flash Gordon debuts as a newspaper comic on the fifth anniversary of the first appearance of Tarzan and Buck Rogers in newspaper comics. 1994 – US Ladies Figure Skating championship is won by Tonya Harding. Enjoy it while you can, Ms Harding. I'd say "break a leg" in anticipation of your performance in Lillehammer, but you already did. Also, 07 January in the Gregorian Calendar is Christmas Day for congregations using the Julian Calendar. So if you want to buy gifts for everyone else when all the stores are featuring their after-Christmas clearance sales...

The most musical conquest ever. ¡Olé!

Sarah's behavior in this comic is similar to my own on days when I buy a lottery ticket. Forget about getting anything useful done. I'm spending the whole day just thinking about what I'll do when I win.

That is completely inappropriate. Always insert a "™" after Croco-Cola™.

If she was to use that information for personal reasons, it would be unethical. But if she were to take contact information to inform a customer about a sale, promotion, or event at Salty Crackers, then that is telemarketing. And this is a surely a sign of the end of civilization, telemarketing is not unethical. After the official sales pitch, it would be in the realm of acceptable behavior if Grace were to briefly add a non-offensive personal message.

Not Archeology, ARCH-eology. Actually, you need a background in Paleontology to identify and acquire the prehistoric beast that is the source of the McRib.