1. All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting them to act like talking puppies.

2. Show me a good loser and I will show you a someone who is not named Al.

3. Sometimes a stomach bug is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one time.

4. Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy being told how crazy they are by the press and their children.

5. I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine earrings and shoes.

6. It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without chewing or swallowing in it.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Up, tomorrow my plans include mowing and Sunday, I want to chill!