Stupid Is As Stupid Says...

-- ON LAWYER QUESTIONS THAT SOUND LIKE A COUNTRY SONG --
Attorney: So no one was at the yard?
Plaintiff: No, ma'am.
Attorney: So that there wasn't anybody there to talk to had there been someone there?

during a deposition, Corpus Christi, Texas

-- ON CHECK AGAIN, BILL! --
The last time I checked, the Constitution said, "of the people, by the people and for the people." That's what the Declaration of Independence says.

President Bill Clinton, criticizing antigovernment rhetoric (The quote actually comes from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.)

-- ON SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, ALEXEI! --

There is nothing more unbearable for a person than liberty.

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko

-- ON FAMOUS LAST WORDS, NEW AND IMPROVED --

Just remember the words of Patrick Henry: "Kill me or let me live."

college football coach Bill Peterson, in a halftime pep talk to his team

-- ON NEWSPAPER CORRECTIONS, VITAL --

SETTING IT STRAIGHT
A July 1 story about neighbourhood opposition to Collingwood school's planned expansion quoted resident Andy Lepiarczyk as saying council's failure to halt the project would make them "Scum, scum, scum." In fact, he said the project was a "Scam, scam, scam." We regret the error.

correction in the North Shore News (North Vancouver and West Vancouver, BC, Canada)