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Robin Williams said cocaine was God's way of telling you that you have too much money.

Today's clue is Domino's "carryout insurance." On the Trump sucker scale, this rates 8 out of 10.

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Surfed past an episode of the animated show "All Hail King Julien," a prequel to "Madagascar." The episode was from 4 years ago, early in the first season. The female character was the only one to take action to solve Julien's problem. All the males were upset but unable to accomplish anything, until Julien stumbled into a solution.

The female, perhaps named Clover (I didn't make a note), also was the only slender lemur. Everybody else was chubby.

Yes, I was really, really, really bored and I have too many channels.

I remember the same phenomenon, males flummoxed while the female takes action, in the "Penguins of Madagascar" TV show.

Before and after the crisis, the females are pushed aside.

On the other hand, I don't remember females at all in the cartoons of my childhood, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, unless they were there to be harassed sexually. The females in "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons" were passive, as were human females in sitcoms.

My childhood TV-viewing pre-dates "Scooby Doo," so I missed out on what became pop culture references.

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Recent A Word A Day entries:

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.  — Hermann Göring, Nazi military leader (12 Jan 1893-1946)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. — Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), novelist (23 Jan 1783-1842)

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