"Once ze rockets go up, who cares vere zey come down.."

no one’s going to leave a pack of drugs around for kids to take. Where’s the profit in that? It’s not like drugs come cheap!

"He gives the kids free samples
Because he knows full well
That today's young innocent faces
are tomorrow's clientele..."

Cute, but it does sorta block your rear view..

I suppose technically they are a type of rectangle, but still, Switzerland and Vatican City have square flags.

I'd go to a good seafood restaurant and have the Captain's Platter. And then an ice cream parlor for a banana split.

Snow White's witch is the one I had problems with, as well.

Duh.. waited too long to post my comment.

It should be remembered that these are the worst disasters in -America-, not world-wide.

emily: It's like I'm talkin' to a wall here...

I gather it's one of a hippo's major ways of warning interlopers they're trespassing on his turf..

I believe he has deliberately kept that voice because he considers it "his".

Once again, the bigotry of the right-handed majority rears its ugly head.

If you have any choice at all in the matter, stop using Outlook. Eudora is one attractive alternative.

My favorite song-creation story: the song "Maniac", which was made famous by the 80's film Flashdance, was originally written by its author Michael Sembello as a joking ode to a serial killer. The tape on which it had been recorded was sent to the studio by accident, and they liked it so much they him rewrite the lyrics into something more romantic.

The Mythbusters TV show on The Discovery Channel has covered some of this as well.