CALL ME SNAKE

Unlike some of my peers, I’m man enough to admit when I’m wrong. I have said a few uncharitable things about the free newspaper Metro, which I only get for sudoku, without realizing that it is–according to an unimpeachable source, the Metro itself–”the world’s largest global newspaper, with more than 18.5 million daily readers in 93 major cities in 21 countries.” Which puts its total circulation well above the New York Times, USA Today, International Herald Tribune, and several other dailies put together. I had no idea and thought it was just a throwaway rag. So I was wrong to say the paper was best used as something to put muddy boots on. Or to wrap fish in. Or to use for cleaning car windshields when you’re really hard up. I was wrong. And I’m man enough to admit it.