Quotes of the Day

Depression-era Hobo names, from The Area of My Expertise by John Hodgman:

Zachary Goatflirter
Bathseba Ditz
Holden the Expert Dreamtwister
Marcus Chickenstock
Twink the Reading-Room Snoozer
Franklin Ape and His Inner-Ear Infection
Cleats Onionpocket
Silas Swollentoe
Warbling Timmy Tin Voice and His Voicebox
College-boy Brainiac, The Hobo Einstein

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Actual 21st-century band names, from The Best American Nonrequired Reading:

Assbaboons of Venus
God Damn Doo Wop Band
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
We Start Fires
Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop
I Will Kill You Fucker
Jack's Mannequin
Pissed Jeans
Birthday Suits [Do they perform nude?]
Magic Marker Karate Co.

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When you work as a copy editor in book publishing, you come across some strange and amusing plot summaries. Like this gem:

"Just when she thinks life couldn't get any more annoying, Olivia learns that her father is the leader of the rebel resistance in the mysterious Realm of the Ever After...."

And you thought you had problems.