Fred Correction

I noted that Fred Reed had fallen hook, line and part of the dock for the 'George Bush was astounded by a bar code scanner' myth. In his latest post he wrote

Apologetic Note: Last week I mentioned the story about the grown-up Bush going into a supermarket and being astonished by the check-out technology. A reader informs me that this didn't happen. Since I have spent a lot of time grousing about scuh fables, as for example the $600 toilet seat, I am embarrassed to have done it myself. With luck, you won't have read this far.