What is it with advice columns this week? They seem to have started giving joke advice. Dan Savage, of course, is not known for being sincere, but telling someone “use staples to keep condoms on” is probably the most sarcastic piece of advice he’s ever given. But even the normally earnest New York Times Ethicist
column is getting weird:
I work in the United States Senate. Recently we had to evacuate the building, and some senators were pushing their way past others. Is it all right for an elected representative to supersede others in exiting the building?
Anonymous, WashingtonAs I misconstrue the customs of our great deliberative body, senators are to proceed in order of seniority when fleeing danger and trampling their slow-footed constituents before them.
Secretly Ironic 