Awning of the mouth. Chimney of the lungs.

Chimning of the louth.

And the nose is the awning of the mouth.

Sparkling beans on toast.

Sometimes the treasure map has two X’s on it.

Every time Grandma comes over, the intro drum riff from Hot For Teacher plays.

Now that you mention it …

That makes as much sense as anything.

DOES YOUR GRANDMOTHER HAVE WHEELS???

Whey is juice.

Wait … wait –

Tortilla chips and frijoles refritos is just sparkling beans on toast.

Whiskey, not Scotch, but yes, there are some really good ones.

Tea is soup.

Old, wet barley bread is Scotch.

Corn makes bread, and there are flour tortillas.

Oh, you’re entirely right. My initial reply was going to be “The sooner the better?” but then I stopped to reflect on what would fill that power vacuum.

With any luck, my kids will see a better world before they die. I know I won’t.

I kind of feel like India and/or China taking up that mantle is out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Like it or not, the US is a global economic, political, and cultural powerhouse. What happens here bleeds over to everywhere.

Deficiency signalling.

Also consider that a whole lot of the world was “British” when the US broke away.

That’s exactly it - when a piece of mail with a stamp on it is “canceled” by stamping something on it with ink, yes, that prevents the stamp from being reused, but it is also the sign from the postmaster that the mail may be delivered, having been appropriately paid for.

The cancellation stamp is a franking mark.