Listened with whatever word it is that describes amusement crossed with shock and dismay to this NPR story about phosphate-free dishwasher detergent on my way in to work this morning. One Mrs. Sue Wright of Austin, Texas, single-handedly made my day when she flexed her reasoning prowess thusly:
I’m angry at the people who decided that phosphate was growing algae. I’m not sure that I believe that.
You have to listen to the story to get the full effect of the delivery of that line because, man, it’s glorious. I’ve listened twice now, mostly because I’m sure I just keep missing the part where NPR enumerates Mrs. Wright’s biochemistry credentials. At least they did us the honor of not correcting Mrs. Wright’s grammatically interesting sentence.