[relictele]

The pointy-heads love their : marks don’t they?

Bread, milk and cheese: An academic’s grocery shopping trip recalled.

A push, a flush, and a refill: Professor Smith goes to the loo.

Slower traffic keep right: A 40-year-old grad student risks using his Prius on the freeway and drives at a ‘responsible’ 55 in the left lane.

[ichabod1]

Overuse of that construction annoys me too. Also, the practice of starting in the middle of a story like:

“I saw her in the grocery store that Tuesday afternoon. I couldn’t quite place where I knew her from but she rang that tiny golden bell, so reminiscent of dinner bells and clanging gongs. Then I knew, and remembered that OTHER Tuesday, in the grocery store when I saw her and...”

[andy58-in-nh]

LOL!

All's Weird That Ends Weird.

[MortMan]

A push, a flush, and a refill: Professor Smith goes to the loo.

Or "The Lever and the Leavings: Indoor Plumbing and Ultimate Intimacy"

ROFL