The President of the United States suggests raking more might have prevented the deadliest fire in California history because that's what they do in Finland. It comes after a visit to the fire-ravaged Paradise (which he referred to as Pleasure during his visit) in California where Trump suggested people could
Sideswipe: November 21: US President a laughing stock in Finland

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2. I was 43 when I realised that the "wet week" in the expression "as slow as a wet week" (which I'd never seen written) was not a drab little creature snuffling its way laboriously along the bush floor.
3. My husband and I both learned things in the past couple of weeks - I learned that the game I knew at intermediate school as "padda-tennis" is actually a lazy pronunciation of "paddle tennis", and my husband was astounded to learn that gherkins are a type of cucumber. He loves one and hates the other.
4. I explained to my grandma (83) that when "this little piggy went to the market" that the little piggy had not in fact gone shopping. I regret telling her.