“we put up special fences and notices asking people not to commit suicide here. None of it worked - and so now we have put butter over the bridge, and it has worked very well”
“Cahokia Mounds in Illinois is one of only eight cultural World Heritage sites in the United States, and it's got a billboard for Joe's Carpet King smack in the middle of it”
“Europe's countries now face the choice of giving up either their newfangled money or their ancient national sovereignties. It is unclear which they will choose.”
