1. Did quicksand incidents in TV Westerns freak you out when you were a kid?

2. How many people describing a scene as being like a "war zone" have ever actually been anywhere near war? (This is a friend's pet peeve, first mentioned to me way back during Ice Storm.)

3. Have you ever found yourself in the position of having to ask for some sort of assistance from an elected official for whom you have zero respect?

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