Sounds like you were having a pretty fun life before you grew up. The Puerta del Sol is great fun too.

But not necessarily in that order.

Your definition of "own" can be expanded to cover a good part of the United States. The original land grants from various English Kings in the 17th and 18th centuries covers most of the US from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi. The land grants from various Spanish Kings covers Florida and most of the southwestern US and, of course, Central and South America. And yes, the French Crown granted land in Louisiana (named after Louis XIV). So, if you're going to cast doubt on the legitimacy of anyone's claim to property in the New World, you're going to have to cast doubt on the legitimacy of everyone's claims.

I like your idea about the Interstate Highway rights-of-way. In northern Virginia, the Dulles Toll Road and the Dulles Greenway (the privately built and operated extension) includes land for rapid transit, which is currently under construction (Washington Metro Silver Line)

So, the cult of Steve Jobs and Apple is just like modern art? I thought so.

Hold on there a minute. The Captain of the Costa Concordia found out the hard way that it wasn't his ship. If the calamity is bad enough, there will be an investigation and repercussions. Of course, it makes sense to be near the lifeboats anytime you doubt the Captain.

Is that why my wife wants to go on safari? Time to get some medicine for T gondii.

That first one would make a great name for a feminine hygiene product.

Confusion is one of the effects of arsenic poisoning; I suggest the AC go to the doctor immediately.

That's the problem, it wasn't presented to the American people right. It should have been packaged as "We're going to SMASH them there atoms SO HARD that we'll tear reality itself a new asshole!" Once in a while, they could let the MythBusters use it.

My wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law went through the legal immigration process and none of them felt that they were ill-treated. Yes, the wait is long, but every bureaucracy involves waiting. You got a bad draw I guess.

Everyone is still judging you even if you don't have a nice car and nice clothes. They'll try to stiff you too, but for different reasons.

Oops - I meant "portable", not "portal".

Luxury. We used to tape record songs from the radio using hand me down portal tape recorders. If the DJ spoke to early or someone made a noise, the song was ruined!

And some very surprised squirrels.

The Vulcan High Council? Oh, you mean a real government. Then, uh, no.