Spherical bastards.

The photo is of the other P-38 Lightning which flew at the Planes of Fame on last Saturday. These are really huge machines second in grace only to the famous and beautiful P-50 Mustang. It is interesting to note that of the top ten aces during WWII, none were accomplished in a P-38. Probably because their primary missions were as fighter/bombers because of their carrying capacity. Two big engines resulted in big performance.
It's interesting to find out from whence some colloquialisms arise. And what some colloquialisms are. How about spherical bastards? Fritz Zwicky a famously caustic astronomer at Cal Tech whose appreciation for symmetry led him to call his colleagues spherical bastards. He explained that they were bastards any way you looked at them. Although his attitude probably cost him several technical prizes, Spherical bastards is the perfect description of today's toady politicians.... with very few exceptions.
Spherical bastards are proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick