‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’
Of the world’s biggest blunders, only slightly less well-known than today’s column is this: “Never go against the Iowa Boy when penning an article is on the line.”
Sorry for the really obscure “Princess Bride” reference, but I’m suffering from a serious case of writer’s block. That wouldn’t have been such a problem if things had gone according to my expectations.
Inconceivable, I tell you. Inconceivable.
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