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I think #1 is "Fiscal cliffhanger".

Rex

$800: Shining City On The Hill o' Beans

HugoZ wrote:$800: Shining City On The Hill o' Beans

Correct!

1000- It'll never fly a kite in a thunderstorm.

Vanya wrote: $800: Ronald Reagan's vision of America didn't amount to anything.

Shining city on a hill of beans

ETA: I see that I was beaten to the punch

I am reducing my posting volume by 50% . . . by submitting notice of two recent posts at the same time. This is part of my attempt to reintroduce the civilized virtue of compromise to our public discourse.

Streets Of Success

Think About You; Talk About Them

Good day,
Rex

billy pilgrim wrote:1000- It'll never fly a kite in a thunderstorm.

Or, perhaps: 'When pigs fly a kite in a thunderstorm'?

fowlerism wrote:

billy pilgrim wrote:1000- It'll never fly a kite in a thunderstorm.

Or, perhaps: 'When pigs fly a kite in a thunderstorm'?

Correct!

OK, here's my answers:

Spoiler

Political term for a season finale leading to worse things: Slippery slope hanger
Revealing way to conform: Camel toe the line
The Situation is forgiven: Six-pack absolution
Ronald Reagan's vision of America didn't amount to anything: Shining city on a hill o' beans.
Impossible Ben Franklin experiment: When pigs fly a kite

I know, it's been two whole days, how can I have kept you waiting so long?

My less than avid readers (yes, Vanya, I mean you) will even like this post -- in fact it would fit quite nicely under "Pet Intellectual Peeves":

A Sign Of Trouble

Honestly.

Rex

Great commentary, Bill! You didn't even mention the dearth of periods! (for some reason, only 4 and 6 get so honored.)
I'd like to point out they didn't have "wa not" but "wan not," so perhaps it has something to do with the absence of a sickly pallor?
Lastly, can we at least give them points for not using a single plurastrophe?

In a similar vein, Stewart's Shops (NY- based convenience chain) once offered a top 5 as to why they sell so much coffee. One of the reasons was something like, "Always brewing a fresh pot to keep up with the demand." That one to me always seemed a bit circular. So one of the reasons there's such a high demand for their coffee is because... there's a high demand?

Livin' the meme!

http://www.quickmeme.com/Judgmental-Bookseller-Ostrich/

Rex Kramer wrote:I know, it's been two whole days, how can I have kept you waiting so long?

My less than avid readers (yes, Vanya, I mean you) will even like this post -- in fact it would fit quite nicely under "Pet Intellectual Peeves":

A Sign Of Trouble

Honestly.

Rex

All true for me (especially #8.)

Vanya wrote:

Rex Kramer wrote:I know, it's been two whole days, how can I have kept you waiting so long?

My less than avid readers (yes, Vanya, I mean you) will even like this post -- in fact it would fit quite nicely under "Pet Intellectual Peeves":

A Sign Of Trouble

Honestly.

Rex

All true for me (especially #8.)

?? You make 9 inch subs??

gloriaclemente wrote:Livin' the meme!

http://www.quickmeme.com/Judgmental-Bookseller-Ostrich/

Those attitudes are one reason I've switched to amazon.com! I love reading but they can stuff the smug/judgemental attitudes. Just ring it up & say Thanks.

gloriaclemente wrote:Livin' the meme!

http://www.quickmeme.com/Judgmental-Bookseller-Ostrich/

Thanks for posting this link. As a former bookstore clerk, I laughed out loud (which scared the cat, since she doesn't often hear that sort of thing from me).

My favorite judgmental-bookseller incident, from my brilliant career in the used book biz: a well-dressed lady drove up in a fancy car and came into my humble used book store. She wanted to buy some leather-bound classics with which to decorate her house and impress her guests. After browsing through a number of books and rejecting them because she'd never heard of them, she seized a leather-bound copy of Moby-Dick. "Ooh," she said, "Moby-Dick. I've heard of him. What kind of a guy was Moby, anyway?"

I sighed and told her that he was "a large white guy."

Thanks, Pink darling! Yours made me laugh out loud too!

I had a sweet college kid ask me for "that book by Hemingway -- Oh Man, The Sea".

I think anyone who has worked with the public in a customer service capacity "gets it".

John, these are not the things we would ever say to your face if you were a customer. If you think Amazon respects you as a person, good on 'ya. I prefer to do business with a human being. But I realize I'm not impartial on the subject, since I have a horse in this race, and it's probably an also ran.

Sometimes crossword puzzles can drive me crazy. Today I had the USA Today puzzle solved except for one box and I knew I had to resort to looking up the answer.

BALLROOM GLIDE (6 letters across)
ASIAN ANTELOPE (5 letters down)

I had: C H A S _ E
>>>>>>>>>>>>E
>>>>>>>>>>>>R
>>>>>>>>>>>>O
>>>>>>>>>>>>W

It's frustrating to have both parts unknown even after seeing the answer:

Spoiler

S

there's a term for that- forgot what it is. Where you've never heard of either cross, so you have no idea what the missing letter is.