Rand Paul unleashes a well-deserved broadsides against federal mandates on toilets. How much water should flow from my toilet when I flush it is not at all in the purview of the federal government. Fire the busybodies who come up with these stupid rules and we’ll all be better as a result.
Lou Dolinar has more on the stupidity of that particular piece of regulation.
Sir, it is broadside, not broadsides.
I’ve heard it both ways (specifically, point 10). If I used the definite article, I would agree with you: a ship has but one broadside. But because it really refers to the cannons on one side of the ship, that’s where the plural-or-non-plural ambiguity comes in. Because I am lazy (and I really have heard it both ways), I shall keep it as it stands.