Is it true that the unobtrusive guys at a Prague gun show are Background Czechs? ... Someone recently died aboard a United Airlines flight. On the surface, this is distressing. But there are a lot of practical issues. If the deceased has an aisle seat and you are on the window, you have a problem. But if he’s got the window and you’re the aisle, then it’s not a big issue and you can relax instead of having to get up every time he has to go to the bathroom. Read more...

The information about DNA tests conducted by 23andMe show that one of the traits that is subject to genetic inheritance rules is whether your ear wax is wet or dry. “Oh, he has his grandmother’s eyes and his grandfather’s ear wax.” … There was a report last week that some Burger Kings in England were serving horsemeat instead of beef. That spurred the Roy Rogers chain to come out with its new sandwich, the McTrigger. ... It turns out the new move, “The Walking Dead,” is a documentary about Mitt Romney’s opinion polling team Read more...

The latest round of Star Wars movie is reported to include “The Adventures of Jar Jar Binks.” As soon as word leaked out, there were threats of mass suicide if it’s ever released. However, there is a proposal to make the character more culturally appealing by changing his name to Yo Yo Binks. … I’ve been hanging around accountants too long. Someone asked me what the letters meant in the name of C.P.E. Bach, composer and son of better-known composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

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