I don't think they teach Sarcasm at schools any more.
More's the pity, Hairless is a master.
I guess instead of saying "dead white men" I should have been more tactful and referred to them as "cardiac-challenged pale humans of indeterminate sexuality." I don't want to sully my well earned reputation for exquisite sensitivity.
Still doesn't look to me as if there was any racing going on in that picture, unless maybe Burr was using a starter's pistol and just pointed it in the wrong direction. With New Yorkers you just never know. They elected Giuliani and Bloomberg as mayors, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer as senators, and Carolyn McCarthy as a congresswoman. Just goes to show that the race is not always to the swiftest. Oh rats. Did it again. Forget I said
race! I meant to say "The jogging is best if done in a non-competitive, mutually supportive manner in which all participants are mindful that we must all finish at the same time."
At any rate, it was Oleg Volk's picture. It's all his fault.
Now what I want to know is whether the history books in that school show pictures of Daniel French's statue of the Minute Person (used to be called the "Minute Man," but I want to be politically correct as usual so as not to upset anyone else):
I expect that the school's Zero Tolerance policy prohibits it, because that guy looks mean. And, besides, look at the way he treated his coat. Anyone who slings a good coat over a plow should get sent to his corner for a few minutes of quiet time. Maybe that's why he looks mean? Could be his mom just appeared and sent him to his room or something else that would harm his self esteem. Kids shouldn't be exposed to such things.
As usual, when this subject is raised, I express my hope that schools with Zero Tolerance policies search students, teachers, and other employees to make
sure that the miniature representation of that image on the Massachusetts quarter dollar coin is not smuggled into the building:
The discovery of one would justify calling out the SWAT team. Remember the expression "Show them no quarter"? Now you know the source of it.