Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 24, 2021

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potholes like the eksimos whos supposedly have dozens of words to describe types of snow, drivers have developed a vocabulary for pothole varieties. here are a few. a "rimshot" is your common basic tire-chewing, wheel, misaligning pothole. somewhat worse is a "scrapmaker," which often causes spontaneous automotive disassemblage. person: well, blow the horn. the "pit of carkoon" type is home to a tentacled monster capable of devouring everything up to a ford bronco. in a "k street kanyon," erosion has revealed past geological ages down to the pre-cambrian, attracting paleontologists & tour groups.