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Old 02-27-2021, 07:45 AM
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Alas, poor Mr. Potato Head! I knew him, Horatio (that's Shakespeare, mutilated)

and you too, Mrs. Potato Head.


Mr. Rogers is likely in the on-deck circle. Some things I don't quite understand anymore.

Mr. Potato Head brand goes gender-neutral, dropping "Mr." title
To add to the insults, the Paramount Chief of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma wants Jeep to stop making vehicles called “Grand Cherokee.” I don’t know if he is serious or if this is a money grab, like charging money to people who want to put your name on a hotel or golf course. If it’s the latter, there is certainly precedent for a pay-out. The Department of the Interior has also decreed that Native Americans can now be officially called Tribals. And ICE has been told that “illegal aliens” is no longer acceptable language. They are now to be called “Noncitizens.” I don’t know how we are supposed to distinguish between Legal Noncitizens and Illegal Noncitizens if we call them both Noncitizens. Perhaps it just comes down to whether or not you have a green card. Meanwhile, the genuine Aliens among us now want to be called Extraterrestrials. They are hoping we have an Extra Terra. I live in Tierra del Sol, Land of the Sun, but I don’t think we have any extra houses for Extra Terrestrials, though I’d be happy to live next door to one. So long as it remembers to phone home if it’s going to be out late.