“Not that it doesn’t cause problems. If he walks a hitter, fans will start hollering, “Try the other side!” People want him to sign autographs with both hands. And switch-hitters will switch batter’s boxes, making Venditte switch the glove, starting a cat-and-mouse game that can go on for 10 minutes. Minor league umps now have the Venditte Rule: At the start of an at-bat, the pitcher must declare his throwing arm, then the hitter can pick his side, with each man able to switch once. Phew.”
Wow.
Hilarious.
“our bailout of Detroit will be remembered as the equivalent of pouring billions of dollars of taxpayer money into the mail-order-catalogue business on the eve of the birth of eBay. It will be remembered as pouring billions of dollars into the CD music business on the eve of the birth of the iPod and iTunes. It will be remembered as pouring billions of dollars into a book-store chain on the eve of the birth of Amazon.com and the Kindle. It will be remembered as pouring billions of dollars into improving typewriters on the eve of the birth of the PC and the Internet.” - Thomas Friedman
Hilarious, was going to mention it’s a bit graphic, but whatever, it’s text, deal.
“While the firefighters were reportedly saddened by the sight of 63 people burning to death, on the way back to the firehouse they agreed the club was probably just full of stuck-up bitches anyway.”
I think these will elevate my pong game to a whole other level.
“It’s always darkest before… Daylight Savings Time” and other common proverbs finished by first graders.