Some dumbo writes: Dear Conlan, With Thanksgiving coming up, I’ve been wondering: what’s the best present to give a turkey for his (or her?) birthday? Sincerely, Summer Dumboski First of all, thanks for your question. Secondly, I feel I should point out (for my readers in Eastern Europe) what “Thank-Sgiving” is all about. In 1892, [...]
A reader writes: tried to & did go to “ask Conlan” on ThisIsConlan.com but couldn’t get a space to type in my question so here goes: 1) if the adjective for Equador is Equadorian why is “Salvadorian” not the adjective for El Salvador? 2) why don’t you call your mother more often? Love, your mother. [...]
A writer wrote: Dear Conlan, When I start my car, I get this kck-kck-kckkhhhh sound, but it goes away once the engine revs up. It’s done this for the last two years or so, but when I started my car on Sunday, after the kck-kckhhh sound it also went reeeee-preeee-preeep! I guess my question is, [...]
Some girl wrote to someone: There this boy, (lets call him G) in my karate class. He’s younger than me, I think he’s 8 or 9, and he’s always sitting next to me, and trying to impress me and he looks at me a lot and listens in when I talk to my friends. I [...]