As part of my research for An Anthology of Authors' Atrocity Stories About Publishers, I conducted a study (employing my usual controls) that showed the average shelf life of a trade book to be somewhere between milk and yoghurt.
Health food makes me sick. - Calvin Trillin
Health food makes me sick.
- Calvin Trillin
There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California. - Calvin Trillin
There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California.
Did you know that five out of three people have trouble with fractions. - Calvin Trillin
Did you know that five out of three people have trouble with fractions.
As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. - Calvin Trillin
As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically. - Calvin Trillin
Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.
Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease. - Calvin Trillin
Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease.
Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work. - Calvin Trillin
Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.
I like chili, but not enough to discuss it with someone from Texas. - Calvin Trillin
I like chili, but not enough to discuss it with someone from Texas.
In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it … - Calvin Trillin
In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it …
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