I CAN BE AS MISCELLANEOUS AS THE NEXT PERSON
the quotable Jonathan Caws-Elwitt
 

The astrophysics seminar had the dignified, scholarly refinement of a cola taste test.

A study-hall monitor is usually paid by the shush.

He used to be a big noise in the business world. Then he retired and got part-time work as a sonic boom.

I had to admit that the argument was watertight, though the vocabulary was a little leaky.

My sister is so economical that when she goes out in the cold, she comes back with one rosy cheek.

I’m so busy, I don’t even have time to finish this quotation.

I don’t recognize the fork, but the napkin has a familiar ring to it.

I wouldn’t mind a little bit of chaos, if it would just contain itself in a tidy manner within a designated, orderly space.

The owner of the store, like Heisenberg’s electron, would not commit to being in any particular place at any particular time.


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