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If you recollect the book, in the end Frodo did the same thing Gollum did: claimed the ring as his own. Gollum got a lava bath, Frodo was celebrated and revered as a hero and went to eternal bliss in the closest thing Tolkein's world had to heaven. What's fair about that? Maybe Tolkein's god...

I'm old enough to remember when the clever Dicks would exercise the maximum extent of their wit by calling a male with long hair a "girl" in what the clueless assholes thought was a jocular way.

Torchy's setting up Pascal's Wager. Then never come up with anything new.

OK, I'll wait 'til then. I've read the book (translated to English). It offers nothing that a dozen other fairy tales don't. One of the things it (and the others) does not offer is evidence.

Feel a mite sorry for the kids, but they gotta learn sometime that stupid, terrified old people are given to losing their damn minds. At least he didn't shoot the kid.

I don't miss him.

Oh? How often, in your experience?

A body'd think a man his age woulda learned how locos work a long time back.

Yep, ya can trust the Chinese. They'll never steer ya wrong or lie to ya!

Heard about this. Glad they got him, hope he's the right guy. Shame you quit hanging.

Prove it. NB: A book of fairy tales is not proof.

Yep, and the believers believe because they are gibbering in terror of the simple fact that they will die, and be done.

Brilliant, insightful political analysis there, dipshit.

Then how did Allah come into existence? Who or what was Allah's maker?

Below is a list, in alphabetical order, of cities that have also been called "the city that never sleeps": Barcelona Belgrade Berlin Buenos Aires Cairo Chicago, in the film City That Never Sleeps Dhaka Karachi Lagos Las Vegas London Madrid Madurai Moscow Mumbai Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Shanghai...

I thought we were talking about the role of government generically, not the shitshow y'all put in place.

It's apparently a lot of Canadians' notion of an effective, articulate statement of grievance.

Of course they would. Just not as big a difference as many think.

My preferred brand of espresso is available in steel cans with plastic tops, or in those vacuum-sealed aluminum "bricks." Both are 10 ounces (283 grams). Every now and then, presumably for inventory reasons, one or the other will be offered for about 35% off. Now, being a scary non-White...

Go crush on your Nigerian.