tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15903370.post115552529803312533..comments2009-07-10T19:48:12.051-05:00Comments on Lone Prairie Blog: Snappy answers to stupid questions are great if yo...Julie R. Neidlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485064471916748455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15903370.post-1155529794405715192006-08-13T23:29:00.000-05:002006-08-13T23:29:00.000-05:00I confess to still having a few of my old MAD maga...I confess to still having a few of my old MAD magazines lying around and I still sit and chuckle wickedly at the SATSQ stuff. I just find it too funny. <BR/><BR/>Brilliantly twisted is an apt phrase.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485064471916748455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15903370.post-1155528101076142792006-08-13T23:01:00.000-05:002006-08-13T23:01:00.000-05:00Speaking of asterisks that lead nowhere, my favori...Speaking of asterisks that lead nowhere, my favorite use of an asterisk in a book was in the preface to Walt Kelly's <EM>Pogo Peek-A-Book</EM>, leading to this footnote.<BR/><BR/><EM>* Baby arachnid, squashed. Sorry.</EM><BR/><BR/>Maybe that's why you use so many asterisks. They remind you of squashed spiders.<BR/><BR/>Obligatory on-topic comment: I love Al Jaffee's work. <EM>Mad</EM> did an MichaelBateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783092297933643643noreply@blogger.com