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Good grief. If this clown is going to whine and moan over a dollar discount for senior citizens, maybe he should just do like other seniors and retire. Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank caused a scene when he demanded a $1 senior discount on his ferry fare to Fire Island's popular gay haunt, The Pines, last Friday. Frank was turned down by ticket clerks at the dock in Sayville because he didn't have the required Suffolk County Senior Citizens ID. A witness reports, "Frank made such a drama over the senior rate that I contemplated offering him the dollar to cool...

There is a really funny scene in the movie, High Anxiety. Mel Brooks, as the character of Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke, has to go through an airport security checkpoint without having his bag inspected. He explains his plan to his partner, Victoria Brisbane, played by Madeline Kahn: "Victoria, if we do it just the way we rehearsed it, it will work. Remember, we're not sneaking by. We have to be loud and annoying. If you're loud and annoying,psychologically, people don't notice you. Come on. We can do it.Loud and annoying." At the security check in point, Dr. Thorndyke makes...