As you know, birds do not have sexual organs because they would interfere with flight.

Another foreign-policy triumph for Reagan was his 1984 visit to China, where he met for more than three hours with Mao Zedong before realizing that Mao was dead.

I called a company and asked to speak to Bob. The person who answered said, "Bob is on vacation. Would you like to hold?

Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spiderwebs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the area of these pests.

I read a lot of lot non-demanding fiction.

I don't want to dis anybody, but someone like Robert Parker. I first read a Spenser book maybe 20 years ago and then read every one that came out. I did that with Tony Hillerman too.

He's a boating enthusiast, although that phrase seems too weak to describe the level of his interest, kind of like describing someone as a heroin fancier.