“Sorry for driving so close in front of you.”
Bumper sticker on car ahead of me May 12, 2025 (and of course I pulled up close to be able to read it)
“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.”
“Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games)”, emailed without further attribution by a friend
“The excitement never starts around here.”
Me on May 6, 2025 (to our dog, who was apparently expecting something marvellous to happen mid-morning on a Thursday while I struggled to get to my email).
“rapid unscheduled disassembly”
The preferred SpaceX euphemism for a rocket that blows up, quoted in National Post May 29, 2025
“Life’s short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible on the Internet arguing with strangers about politics.”
An image emailed by a friend without attribution June 9, 2025
“A man is drunk when he feels sophisticated and can’t pronounce it.”
Joe Sullivan quoted in “Other Suspects – II Quotes not by GKC” in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)
“Great Hide & Seek players are hard to find”
Emailed by a friend without attribution
“Caution is the most valuable asset in fishing, especially if you are the fish.”
“Unknown” quoted in “Other Suspects – II Quotes not by GKC” in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)