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Selected Tips from Emily Post’s Etiquette for Ukrainian Dinner Parties
Guests should be seated beside their spouses and opposite their assassins. Use a darkly colored tablecloth, so that spilt wine or bodily fluids are less noticeable. The large spoon is for soup, the medium spoon for eye-gouging, and the…
Letter of Rejection to Dr. Phil
by David Ng
Dear Dr. Phil, Thank you for submitting your application for the director’s position at the National Institutes of Health. As the N.I.H. is the principal force guiding America’s efforts in medical research, we have strived to consider every candidate’s application…
Freeze! This Is a Bust!
The buxom broads at Bust magazine have had the good taste to select Y.P.R.’s Bea Arthur T-shirt as part of its 2004 Holiday Gift Guide. Yup, there we are: right under “Gifts for Your Gay Boyfriend.” Huh. Um. Available in…
Advice from Topeka
by Carol Novack
“Never trust nobody & you’ll live a long life.” —Edna Peatree A woman slips a note into a copy of the latest Reader’s Digest on sale at a shop at Dallas airport. The note reads: Hi. I’m Muffy. I’m young…
“American Pie”—A Fresh Slice
by Jeremy Martin
The song “American Pie,” by Don McLean has been heavily analyzed since it was first released in 1972. As with many popular songs containing largely symbolic lyrics such as “Stairway to Heaven” or “Hotel California,” the song’s meaning is examined…
Polish Fact
Chronological List of Polish Popes
John Paul II (1920-2005)
Learn a Foreign Tongue!
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Holen Sie mir Ihr feinstes Fleisch und Käse.
Bring me your finest meats and cheeses.
