It occurs to me briefly that this guy could be my wife, but I dismiss the thought, as her bike doesn't have the fat tires that his does.

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Okay, I admit it, I was pushing that belly out like a German pushing his daughter out of the house when she turns eighteen; but I couldn't eat another bite.

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The department smells strongly of roasted garlic. No. Even stronger. It smells of roasting garlic.

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"I got it in three!" "That's wonderful, Mom." I love to encourage her literary pursuits. "I bet Paul would have taken four or five."

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I'm a mathematician. The days that I need to prepare a solution of Acryloyl Chloride are few and far between.

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"Gimmel me once, shame on you, gimmel me twice, twice as nice!"

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"There are all sorts of things to do." I say. "There's washing dishes, taking out the garbage, laundry, sweeping the kitchen."

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We are at the kitchen table eating dinner. As children do, Lisa has dropped some small bit of food onto the table by her plate. As parents do, I absent mindedly pick it up, and to deal with

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