They aren't donating to the ballroom. They're bribing Donald Trump.

How did he say that without laughing?

The thing that fascinates me is that they did not ask about my current marital status. They went straight to wanting to see the divorce decree. They did renew my license, but it was a slog.

... come back with my divorce decree from the previous century to prove that my name had changed back to what it was at birth. I don't even know where the decree is anymore. I ended up having to show them my passport, my voter ID, a current utility bill, and something else I've forgotten.

I'm American born and have lived in the US all my life. I'll be 75 in a few weeks, so I've renewed my DL countless times with no hassle. My legal name as it appears on all my documentation is the same as my maiden name. When I went to my DMV to renew my DL recently, they said I had to ...

‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’

‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.”

And there you have it.

To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.

2. "Through the Looking Glass" by the man who invented portmanteau words:

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
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