What Does the AP Have Against France? Out Over Your Skis. Lands' End. Tolater.

What Does the AP Have Against France? Out Over Your Skis. Lands' End. Tolater.

913. This week brought us a silly kerfuffle in which the AP may have insulted France. Plus, we investigate the origin of the phrase "out over your skis" and why the apostrophe seems wrong in the company name Lands' End.

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