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For this, from Metro on May 1, at the height of the “gas is expensive” news cycle.

He is right, though. Gas prices should go down 18 percent. No, 25 percent.

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Thoughts that came to me while reading this in today’s Metro, in order:

1. Is that old guy trying to fight me?
2. Y’know, he looks pretty good for 65. Especially since he’s a retired lumberjack. I’d have to imagine they have a pretty hard job that takes a toll on the body.
3. Okay, he looks pretty good for 65 — besides his teeth.
4. Wait, how many lumberjacks are there in Philadelphia? What the hell is a lumberjack, anyway?
5. And how does one come at a number like “18 percent”? And then change it to 25?
6. Those other answers are kind of funny, too. Don’t gas taxes already go to government-funded programs? Obviously, these programs are probably bloated and such, but still. And weren’t we all complaining ridiculously about gas at $2 instead of a buck? I don’t think that’d be much better, either.
7. But, yeah, gas should be like a buck a gallon. I’d totally be able to afford to drive then.

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