NEWFANE, Vt. — After more than two years of finger-pointing and legal maneuvering, a family feud over the $2 million estate of Vermont author and illustrator Tasha Tudor was settled out of court Monday for undisclosed terms, just as a trial was to begin. The dispute centered on a revised will that gave almost all of Tudor's estate to son Seth Tudor and his family. The disagreement was to be the subject of a Probate Court trial in a Vermont courtroom. But it never got a court airing after lawyers for Seth Tudor and brother Thomas Tudor emerged from about two hours of closed-door talks in the courthouse and told Judge Robert Pu they had settled. Under the agreement, Thomas Tudor will withdraw his objections to the will, and other terms will remain confidential, the lawyers said. Tasha Tudor, who lived in Marlboro, earned a devoted following through the watercolors and drawings she created for "Pumpkin Moonshine," ''Corgiville Fair," and dozens of other books. http://www.accessatlanta.com/celebrities-tv/fight-over-vt-artists-732043.html

Answering questions with questions
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
What dance? Waltz? Square dance? Are they heavenly angels or Hell's Angels?

Why do deer hunters need accordions?
Accordions with buttons or accordions with keys? Deer hunters from Europe or the United States?

What makes red corn red? Like red pomegranates and purple grapes, red corn derives its color from anthocyanins, or health-promoting antioxidants. As for texture and taste, red corn has slightly crunchier kernels and an earthier flavor.
http://foodblogga.blogspot.com/2008/09/edible-red-corn-on-cob.html See more about corn including purple corn and hominy grits at: http://www.foodsubs.com/GrainCorn.html

gobsmacked (chiefly UK, slang) Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed.
As if smacked (“hit”) in the gob (“mouth (Scottish and thence Northern English dialect)”).
Attested since 1980s, from Northern English dialect, particularly Liverpool, popularized via television. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gobsmacked

Hornswoggle - Dylan Postl (born May 29, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Hornswoggle or Little Bastard. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornswoggle
hornswoggle - To deceive or trick en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hornswoggle
hornswoggle - To triumph over; overcome; beat; bedevil. What often happens to a buyer when they purchase real property without the assistance of a real estate agent and a real estate lawyer.
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From: Laurie Kincaid Subject: buttle
And of course there's the butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the prison cell next to Joseph who had a bad dream that needed explaining: First the butler, trembling took the floor. Nervously he spoke of what he saw: Butler: There I was standing in front of a vine. I took some grapes and I crushed them to wine. I gave some to Pharaoh who drank from my cup. I tried to interpret but I had to give up. Joseph: You will soon be free, my friend. So do not worry any more. The king will let you out of here, You'll buttle as you did before.
From: Robert Cook Subject: Buttle
My favorite use of the word "buttle" comes from the English author P.G. Wodehouse, where Bertie Wooster comments that while the omni-competent Jeeves is normally Bertie's personal valet rather than a butler, "If the call comes, he can buttle with the best of them." From: Michael Tremberth Subject: buttle
I find it amusing that while the English language derived butler (and hence buttle) from bouteilleur, it has allowed the last term to be superseded by the upstart sommelier, which etymologically goes back to the transportation of general supplies on pack animals such as horses or donkeys.
From: Peretz Rodman Subject: back-formations
The founding president of Brandeis University, Abram Sachar, retired from that position in 1968 after 20 years as president, and was appointed to the newly created position of chancellor. Whenever he was asked what a chancellor does, he would reply with a twinkle in his eye, "He chancels." A chancellor is, literally speaking, a doorkeeper. The word comes from the railing or chancel (screen) where an usher stood before the altar of a church. -Anu Garg