Oh, wait, they did give me a certificate of appreciation on January 29, 1983, after my 1,000th mile. Well, whoop-de-do!

The fact that a child is backward in talking is no sign of defective intelligence, nor does it prove that it will be a slow pupil.

In the deletionists’ corner sits the strong sense that the more topics of debatable value are included (they cite such entries as side characters from the Pokémon cartoon or the Heroes TV series as examples), the more dependents will see Wikipedia as a source of fun rather than knowledge. They are worried that the brand is at risk of losing its value. In a deletionist world, Wikipedia would exert more control over what it publishes. […]

I tried to tell him that greedy Canadians were supposed to be all about the Bordens, but he was too busy preparing his fourth-quarter mission statement to pay attention to such petty nationalistic details.