All together now

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Imagine, me and you: Congress kept its word and maintained its civility during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Republicans got so carried away with bipartisanship, the GOP response was replaced with a v

ideo montage of Democrats and Republicans running through a park holding hands, sharing a soda with two straws and washing a car and playfully splashing each other with water as The Turtles’ “Happy Together” played in the background.

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The science of mediocrity: A new national assessment of eighth-grade students found that Washington state’s students were just slightly above average in science.

But the scores were in keeping with state adults; the women were judged as just a little stronger than the national average, and men were just slightly better looking.

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Just a little off the top, Floyd: An 82-year-old Oregon barber who let his barber’s license lapse has been told he must take a 75-question test before he can reopen his shop.

Among the questions on the test: Which men’s girly magazines must a barber have available? What is the shelf life of Bay Rum? And true or false: When asked to comment on politics, a barber’s response should be: “Well, what are ya gonna do?”