kalpol

Of everything, this is low on the list of things to be annoyed about. While there were probably better ways, this is an area used for gatherings and DC being DC, it is pretty marshy and unusable as a lawn. There have been plans for a long time to do something like this.

Fatman

Yep I can still hear Simon and Simon in my head

Cagney and Lacey

And to stretch it a bit,

Remington Steele Scarecrow and Mrs King

"Gonna fork her" was right there

War of 1812, but I believe it was the British

Something something Vegemite sandwich

Also California

California, Utah, Texas all have laws now requiring age verification to use an app store

Have been in Manhattan the last couple of days, the bikes (and especially the fast ebikes) are a damn menace. The cars at least stop for crosswalks and signals. The bikes absolutely do not. Got stuck at that big bike crosswalk near Central Park West as hordes of bikes just blew the red light, meant specifically for them in their dedicated bike lane.

Srsly this might have predated that episode

Edit: no - 1993 vs 2008

It also harvests lots of data. Check your firewall logs.