Trivia

It was none other than the profound Confucius who posed the query: “In hewing the wood for an ax handle, how do you proceed? Without an ax, it can’t be done.”

Q. How many full-time florists are on the White House staff?

A. Five. At last report.

The pack camel can be expected to cover territory just about as swiftly - 15 mph - as a 12-dog sled.”

“Every year you wait, long ago gets farther away.” Mark Twain said that.