Commenter Of The Day: "Jolene" Edition

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America's second-greatest living songwriter celebrated her 65th birthday today, and thanks to the miracles of skilled plastic surgeons Dolly Parton doesn't look a day over Jan. 19, 1985. (For the sake of comparisons, America's greatest living songwriter, one Willie Nelson, is only 12 years older.) Parton started writing songs when she was four and has said she tries to write at least one piece of music or lyrics a day, with some 3,000 songs in her lifetime so far, including "Jolene." When you're that prolific, not every project's going to be a hit, but the goal should be to raise the bar over time, the idea behind seanomatopoeia's comment about Chevy selling a vehicle every 7.4 seconds on average:

Means they sold an average car every 7.4 seconds.