William Gibson pointed out that during the Depression someone could buy a workshirt for about 35 cents and wear it every day to the coal mine, until it was time to pass it on to their kid.

that's one of the options in the cartoon.

What's the fourth way?

I just read an old [1940s?] mystery where the culprit records himself on a new fangled phonograph record and then uses that to cover his crime. His employees know he's in the habit of locking his door and playing loud music/talking to himself while he works, so no one suspects locks the door to his office. Later they all swear he was at work when the murder occurred.

Most of the problems in the modern world could be solved if the front line people could to each other directly.

Suits are the bottleneck.

Los Angeles is considered the Movie Capital of the World.

Checkmate, liberal!

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Debbie's password is "PlutoGoofyMickeyMinnieDaffyBugsThorLosAngles"

She was told that the password needed seven characters and a capital.

True story.

I use EZ Pass. I got a letter from them telling me they had taken 46 cents out of my account. The cost of the stamp on the letter was 48 cents.

Old joke.

Russian history books only need to be five words long.

"...And then, it got worse."

They are being sarcastic because that's what they think it's the proper way to behave.

Let's do what she asks and leave her in peace.

My favorite Kurt Vonnegut book is 'Mother Night.' At one point a white supremist teams up with 'The Black Fuhrer of Harlem.' An FBI man asks the white guy why he's working with an African-American?

"We both agree that the wrong people are in charge."