The world’s largest electric-vehicle manufacturer has had repeated run-ins with federal safety regulators, whom Musk calls the fun police. These have included flaws related to rear-view cameras, bonnet latches, seat-belt reminders and the sound-system software.

It's very simple, George, you forget about this whole licensing lawsuit pipe dream of yours or you can forget about your buddy working in my factory for the next couple of years. I will be that angry. Capiche?

And Martha thought these fine ladies were that flickersome, all milk o' human kindness when it wahn't no use, and stones o' granite when takin' trouble might come handy.

The main knotty trunk seems to be made up of craggy granite boulders like those on which it stands, being about the same color as the mossy, lichened boulders and about as rough.