Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.

If you can read the above, thank someone who teaches German. If you can read my previous post, thank someone who teaches Latin. If you can read this, be glad you're literate in, at least, American English.

Unlike those at the Legion Hovel, who can (mostly) grunt and say, "Beer" or "Mad Dog" or "Whiskey." Sometimes they will say something like "Pickled pig's tail" or "Hog rinds" if they're hungry. Panhandle Slim was tossed out the other night for reading a book. It was "Goodnight Moon" and the others were afraid he'd give them a goodnight moon.