My spouse is from another country and does not say “Soylent Green is People” but instead says “Soylent Green is Human Beings”, which I find more lyrical and poetic than the original line. Please share this widely so that others may be as amused as you were by this anecdote. Thank you.
Restaurants that only allow customers to use the restroom: how long after I have paid for my meal do I remain a customer? I think it’s reasonable for me to be permitted to remain a kind of honorary customer for up to three hours.
I’m at an explicitly fiction book store in my city and I saw a few non fiction items on the shelves. I’ve reached out to local media to object and complain.
It’s too late. You follow me now and I’ll think it was because I told you to. I want you to have wanted to follow me without me knowing you knew I wanted you to. It’s simple.
Someone on the train next to me is loudly shouting at an interlocutor on her phone. “Come get your shit from my house!” she says, in an acrid, overacted falsetto. That’s the whole story.
I am willing to serve as a reference for anyone applying for a job. With five minutes of preparation, I promise to represent you to the best of my ability.