It’s like at work we used to say something like, “If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, here’s where you could find those files.” Then we realized it was more fun to say, “If I won the lottery tomorrow and never came back to work, here’s where you could find those files.”

So … go Sarah! ;-) I’d rather have a treat and go shopping than get a backhanded compliment, too.

Abigail is the superfantastic queen!

How about I would wear disco clothes to a goth club?

And then she would wake up, because her mother and grandmother only visit her during her dreams. She does not know what they do with the rest of eternity, but mostly they seem to spend time in the kitchen when they visit.

The Annalucia grew up with the insidious variation on the phrase – she is alas very hirsute and she often heard, “What a shame that such a nice face is ruined by the mustache and the goatee,” or words to that effect. To complete the phrase, however, she likes the Orora’s suggestion – after having the five babies the Annalucia has so little modesty that she could probably walk naked down the Michigan Avenue with very little discomfort. (Of course the other people, they would run away screaming, and she would probably be arrested as well, but that is another matter.)