Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?
People will admit to arson and mayhem sooner than no sense of humor.
It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.
Kitchens were different then, too - not only what came out of them, but their smells and sounds. A hot pie cooling smells different from a frozen pie thawing.
a celebrity is someone who no longer does the things that made him a celebrity.
The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it.