Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

The only real meaning in life can be found in a good man. And maybe Paris. Preferably the two together.

Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.

Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car, the others, goats. You pick a door, say #1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say #3, which has a goat. He says to you: 'Do you want to pick door #2?' Is it to your advantage to switch your choice of doors?

Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.

Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.