It has been said that after two people have been married a long time, they begin to look alike. I have seen examples of this a few times. I also will proclaim no amount of years will ever make my beautiful, five foot blonde wife look like me. Thank God for that. It is more common for two long time marrieds to begin thinking alike. I present my sister and brother-in-law as prime examples.

Brother-in-law Ken has been a long-time supply source of potential column ideas. Most, I don’t use. He has, however, presented a few that I just had to write, always credited as the source. “Why are they calle...