Tom, at The Funny Farm, has a select list of fine quotes from Olympic athletes and broadcasters. This is probably the tamest:
3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.”Most of the rest are on the risque side.
S. Y. Affolee saw her doppleganger today.
Some years ago I moved into one unit of a small duplex. The other unit was unoccupied.
One day I came home from work to find some folks moving furniture, etc., into the empty unit. It was another guy, Dan, moving in and I swear I was looking at myself.
A few months later someone knocked on my front door. I opened it and the woman who was there broke into a big smile, “Hi, Dan. I wasn’t sure whether this was your door!”
It was his mother mistaking me for him.
Have you met your doppelganger?
Folks riding Washington’s ferry system will be subjected to an increasing number of vehicle searches. Here is one reaction:
In the interest of national security, I understand the Washington State Patrol is instituting random car searches at our ferry terminals (“Feds order new level of security for ferries,” Times page one, Sept. 29).
And so while they are busy trampling our rights by digging through our possessions, I hope they regret ever encountering my car.
I have a family and I have not seen the floor mats of my car since 2002. A single road trip requires at least six stuffed animals, 10 pounds of books, a box of crayons and a note pad for my child. My husband takes at least three coats, a hat and an extra seat cushion.
Added to that pile, which is now threatening to swamp the aforementioned kid in the back seat, are my backpack, clothing, a first-aid kit and occasionally a wetsuit. I have not mentioned the trunk.
That is because a mouse has taken up residence in it � we’ll call him “Kenny.”
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