Not buying it / Suspending disbelief
Miles Klee, naysayer; return to the road with Jack Pendarvis
Today: Miles Klee, author of the novel Ivyland and culture writer at Rolling Stone; and Jack Pendarvis, an American screenwriter, author, and voice actor.
Issue No. 356
Betteridge’s Advice Column
Miles Klee
HYDRANYM No. 7
The Editors
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 8
Jack Pendarvis
Betteridge’s Advice Column
by Miles Klee
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word “No.”
—Betteridge's law of headlines
Q. My neighbor’s dog often leaves solid waste on the tree lawn in front of his house. The piles are huge (the dog is a St. Bernard), and the owner has never once made an effort to clean up after his pet. The grass is technically the property of the city — should I install a passive-aggressive sign stating that dogs are not allowed to defecate there?
A. No.
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