06-23-2018, 08:28 AM
pdq wrote:
"I can't believe that!" said Alice.
"Can't you?" the Queen said in a pitying tone. "Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes."
Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said: "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Maybe I'm out of touch because I try to ignore Trump-related banter as much as possible⦠An endeavor at which, as you might imagine, I fail extravagantly on a daily basis⦠but that's the first time I've seen Trump compared to the Queen of Hearts. Very apt!