...is that as a direct result of every health food store in the country writing to Congress, anything this side of rat poison can now be considered a "dietary supplement" and is virtually untouchable by the government.

A case in point: stevia, an alternative to sugar. Banned in several countries, and currently not approved in the US as a food additive (because the rules on additives are much more stringent), stevia is available for sale as a dietary supplement though recent animal tests have shown mixed results in terms of toxicology and adverse effects of stevia extract, with some tests finding steviol to be a weak mutagen while newer studies find no safety issues.

So you herb-munchers keep on smugly gnawing away at tree bark, with little or no oversight to make sure that the dosage is consistent, the ingredients won't kill you, or even assurance that the same plant is used all the time (let alone if it's been cut with the aforementioned rat poison). Just because it's "natural" doesn't mean it's safe.

...what happened to that Ralph Vader guy everybody was talking about a while back? Is he still running?

I really meant "Nadir."

...the FLDS-style babes hovering around BB? Only thing is, they don't look young enough to be authentic.

... is Opus left-handed?

There are fewer casualties in Iraq. And if you really believe this is good news, you've been snorting too much pixie dust.

...the $2.99 gas promotion is real-- and is almost as ludicrous as the other promos mentioned in the strip.

...the New York to Paris train doesn't run often enough for me.

...there's still a difference between bending over backward and bending over forward. The Democrats in general, and Obama in particular, have failed us again.

...whether Hillary would support the warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty bill the way Obama has. He's not even elected yet, but already he's willing to give up our Consistutional rights under the Fourth Amendment. Anybody want a do-over?

...include Clive Owen and Anthony Bourdain. There-- I've said it and I'm proud!

I led off with my man crushes, fully expecting others to do the same-- and so far, I'm the only one to have done so. I feel like the only guy at the party not in costume.

where " uncle george" is at? maybe behind the car?

No, he's under the car.

If these were developed for the military, where did the phrase "going commando" come from?

What do male soldiers do about the position of the fly when wearing their underwear backwards?

...it's those self-centered twits who use their foot on the flush lever. While they are supposedly avoiding the cooties (don't they wash their hands afterwards anyway?), they're SPREADING whatever stuff they've walked through to the next person to use the toilet. Comes the revolution, these people should be shot.

When *I* used to go to cons, sleep was not an option.

...which would explain a lot.

--I'm on a dandelion break.

...is that somebody should remind him that he shouldn't break his campaign promises until after he's elected. His shifting position on FISA and offshore drilling are revealing to those who elevated him to rockstar status that he's a politician, no more and no less.

...but somehow associated it with my home town of Baltimore. Naaaaaah. Ballantine was more of a NY/NJ kinda beer (I remember that as a child we used to pass by a giant neon Ballantine sign somewhere during our frequent visits to NYC), whereas National Bohemian (usually known as 'Boh'-- it wasn't until the Eighties when it was discovered by local hipsters that anybody in Baltimore referred to it as 'NATTY Boh') was much more associated with Baltimore and Baltimore sports teams in particular. Another brand popular in Baltimore was Gunther.

When I went away to college in western Md., there was plenty of Iron City available (which was, if I recall correctly, famous for being the first beer sold in cans), but our local favorite was Old German. The jingle went: "Hurry up, Herman/bring the Old German/Premium Lager Beer!"

A Wikipedia entry confirms my original suspicions about Ballantine:

1. The company was founded in Newark, NJ; and

2. Ballantine Beer was the first television sponsor of the New York Yankees.

Both of these items confirm my assertion that Ballantine was *not* a beer beloved in Baltimore.

...of the syndicated National Lampoon Radio Hour (which was really only a half-hour long) in the 70's that reminds me of the premise of this article. There was an interview with somebody who was supposed to be gay-- and the interviewee kept dropping the names of all sorts of celebrities, actors and sports figures... all of whom were supposed to be gay. The only name I recall from the preposterous litany of closet cases was Casey Stengel.

-- What about Superman and Jimmy Olsen? Great Caesar's Ghost!

I remember watching TV as a kid over forty years ago and hearing the single most obscene thing I’ve heard on the air: "Ward, don’t you think you were a little too hard on the Beaver last night?"

Barbara Billingsley, that slut. And Hugh Beaumont— what a studmuffin.

I woke up one day and everything in the apartment had been stolen and replaced with an exact replica. I said to my roommate "Can you believe this? Everything in the apartment has been stolen and replaced with an exact replica." He said, "Do I know you?"

Real soon now, restaurants will sell their waste oil rather than give it away. One day McDonalds will advertise: "Free Big Mac with an 8-Gallon Fill-up!"

...that BB hangs on long enough to do an episode with Sarah Palin in it. With a riding crop, and jackboots.