quote of the day (July 16, 2008)

As it is the birthday of one of the founding members of QOTD, we choose to celebrate by not thinking much about today's offering, making it a mishmash of things that make us laugh but don't particularly belong together.

After all, as author/humorist Dave Barry once said in his book Dave Barry Turns 50:

"There comes a time when you should stop expecting people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven."

So, on that note - hopefully we'll be seeing you out at The Gin Mill in South End this evening. I'll be the guy in a cape.

And, as promised (as recently as 6 sentences ago), here's another quote that made us laugh out loud. From the New York Times Magazine's excellent profile of Rush Limbaugh, written by Zev Chafets:

At dinner the night before, Bill O’Reilly’s name came up, and Limbaugh expressed his opinion of the Fox cable king. He hadn’t been sure at the time that he wanted it on the record. But on second thought, “somebody’s got to say it,” he told me. “The man is Ted Baxter.”

Classic.