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Question for Trader Joe's: When you boast of tea bags that are biodegradable, why package each in a second bag that's not? "Our supplier," a customer-relations rep told us, "feels that the plastic is needed to ensure the tea keeps its quality."
Never say never
News flash: Hell will freeze over and pigs will fly in two years. (To Verizon, "never" means during the course of the two-year contract.)
Mom, you're cut off
What's next?
The American Dream has been outsourced. A reader reports that the box (holding a bag made for target-shooting supplies) came from a company called MidwayUSA.
Banana peel in aisle 2!
Heaven forbid
Call the Washington State Auditor's hotline if you see bureaucrats doing their jobs. This went to a fire station. An emergency medical technician there told us, "Our stomachs are still hurting from the laughter."
Make up your mind
It's not that tough, folks; just pick a name and go with it.
Imperfect pitch
This one came to a reader's parents, who died long ago. "Don't they play harps in heaven?" he asks.
