(no subject)

Well, I can remove "snap a key off in a lock" from my life-long to do list. And it was very nearly as irritating as it sounds.

Also there is parkin, that well-known dark gingerbread and occasional tarmac substitute.

So, on balance, things are fine.

The majority of husbands remind one of nothing so much as an orangutan trying to play the violin.
- Honoré de Balzac