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We are still trying to get these various new features launched. They need names, they need a regular day of the week, they need content, and at least some of those things are tough to figure out because there are many moving pieces. We have got the Political Bytes up and running, and that's good, because it's getting good feedback.
The proposed weekly humor did not get quite the overwhelming support as the other two new features, but even then, it was 90+% positive, so we're going with it. Today, we mostly want to get a list of proposed names out there, so we can lock that in. Here are the finalists:
You can vote here.
That said, we also want to have a little content for this feature today, and if we're ever going to go with today's item, well, on or near St. Patrick's Day is the ideal occasion. So, we share this very meme-worthy bit of sardonic Irish wit, first put to paper by Patrick Freyne of The Irish Times about 5 years ago:
Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who's really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it's like having a neighbour who's really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown.
Although that's really the money quote, the whole piece continues in much the same vein, so if you like what you see here, click through the link and read the rest. We'll announce the permanent name of this feature sometime next week. (Z)