180 trips from the couch to the the john and back?

The ad says it was only used for three hours.

What it doesn't mention (after a while you kind of learn to read between the lines of these things) is that the right turn signal was on the whole time.

And a Beer to Wash It All Down

I see that my calendar is open for this event, but I'm waiting to find out what's for dessert before I commit.

Write of Way

This Buffalo News story today mentions how the cost of traffic returning to Main Street downtown has just gone up by $263,000... for consultants' fees. Seeing that (at least, I believe) they're not removing the Metro Rail tracks, just how much does it cost for someone to figure out how to repaint new lines in the street?

Part of the new cost is for "complete(ing) documents for the phase of the project in the 600 block of Main."

Are they having unionized monks hand-scribe the documents? In gold ink? On parchment made from unicorn skin?

I've gotta get me one of these consultant jobs.

LAFFinitions

Today's word:

• violate

Meaning:

• The guy in the string section who never seems to be on time.

Still on the Road Dept.

Just today, spotted this early-to-mid 60s Porsche 356, sitting in a driveway in that hotbed of antique sports cars, Westfield, N.Y.

Like the car, but I'm not so sure about the HUGE luggage rack on the back!

Sighs don't matter

Saw a billboard for a Lancaster, N.Y. clothing store the other day:

• All men are created equal.

it said, followed by

• Then they get dressed.

Sigh. I suppose there are those who'd put forth the argument:

"Then they get undressed!"

Seen On the Side of the Road Dept.

Wondering what to get Dad for Father's Day?
Nothing says love like explosives!

— spotted on U.S. Rt. 219 in Great Valley, N.Y.