"I drove for an hour every morning, slaloming past the road rage wrecks of battered trucks, up the 135 from Dallas to Denton". Yes, she sound like my nan in her old Austin Allegro nervously… (View Post)

Yes, this is the big thing the public will remember from the whole statement. In a way it's trivia, but it's a big impediment to people buying the rest of it because it's risible. (View Post)

That's incorrect legally. "Reasonable excuse" is an objective rather than subjective test, so his view of the right thing to do isn't really relevant. An analogy is theft - there … (View Post)

Key points: 1. Barnard Castle eye test is the laugh line and very dangerous. That will be repeated ad nauseum in the press and satires, and undermines credibility. I don't think anyone seriously… (View Post)

It's not "word-policing", and you're a dreadful snowflake for squealing that I am. I am telling you, for your information, that I found your remark distasteful and explaining why.… (View Post)