President Ulysses Grant basically starved to death, dying of cancer while he wrote his memoirs. His awful condition started the whole idea of presidential pensions. (His widow reaped the royalties of those memoirs and became rich. New York spent more on Grant's tomb than was ever spent on him.) The man or woman who has...more

Hey, HTDJPF, you forgot one other crippling variable: Suppose someone else - or several people - also had the winning numbers. (This is not uncommon when the pot is very large.) Your half-billion would have to be divided among all the winners - even the little old gentlemen who wagered $1 - and you could win up losing ...more

Clearly, this is a case of an undertaker with an overstock of 5-foot coffins and 6-foot customers. He was merely trying to save the families some money by slightly "altering" the deceased, rather than ordering up the more expensive six-foot boxes. Altogether a very clever solution!

Jerry Schafer: That's really clever, even brilliant.   In fact, I see nothing wrong with being in love with one of the most benign symbols in human history. I very much doubt she'd do anything wrong to Lady L;  in fact, I wish someone would fund a trip for her to New York, if only for her to see the object of her (s...more

Chaplin was - without a doubt - one of the greatest talents ever to grace the screen. (OK, I know, W.C. Fields, another great,  hated him, but you can't please everyone.) I don't think you can doubt that Charlie was a leftist (NOT a Communist), but at the time of his best work, the 1930's and 40's, that wasn't consider...more

Why would ANYONE hire this bum? Especially a sharp lady like Paula? Does she have a death wish, or does she know the guy and just hired him as an act of charity? In an case, yes, the man has a right to work, now that he's served his time, but I'd never put him in proximity to any celebrity after what he tried with Lett...more

I just love the "you're taking food out of our mouths" argument. Who's taking what from whom? The customer has a right to look for overcharges, however they might be disguised, to keep the food in his/her family's mouths. This isn't really "haggling," it's merely seeing that you're not being cheated. Real haggling take...more

The real advantage of Ivy-League schooling is - and always was - networking. An Ivy degree opens doors that others simply don't. This is most certainly not a good thing, but it is a fact. Especially in the professions, the "old-boy network" continues, though in a much weaker fashion than in the past. Excellent non-Ivy ...more

Have any of you even looked at "Lingerie?" The women there (probably some of the men, too) are at least as hot as any of the hotties you selected. Lana Tailor - alone - is 100 degrees hotter.