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• "... Fetzer Valve ...": A line from the Chevy Chase movie "Fletch" when he was impersonating an aircraft machanic. "It's all ball bearings now-a-days."

• "... the Cadillac of minivans ...": From another movie, a John Travolta vehicle, "Get Shorty." I know that Oldsmobiles aren't made anymore. But that was the vehicle Chili Palmer was given when he asked for a Cadillac at the rental place.

• "... East German Judges ...": I could have written about lying French figure skating judges, but that wouldn't have been funny. It would have been true.

• "... Two Polls ...": The e-mail version of Mullings contains an typo - four and six points repectively." It should read, "four and eight points respectively.

  The CNN/USA Today poll, which is conducted by Gallup, has the race as 52-44.

• Mullfoto of the Day
  
  This is a photo of my anniversary present from the
  Mullings Director of Standards & Practices.

  I haven't actually ridden the Mull-Scooter. But I sat on it
  all day in front of Mullings Central and made very realistic
  "vroom-vroom" sounds.

• Catchy Caption of the Day
  
  I think this is fair. The matador gets to stab the bull in the back with sharp sticks, the bull gets to stick the matator in the ...

  Ol�? Oy Veh!

  (AFP/File/Rafa Rivas)