Father is gone, Fanny
he died this morning not on the good couch?
the what? the good couch
you know how i feel about relations dying on the good couch
that's for guests only
no no, my love
he died in bed whose bed?
his bed oh
that's all right then
When your partner worries about the declining health of his beloved parents whom you grudgingly help support: "If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them." When criticized for underpaying interns: "Five hundred a year! I am sure I cannot imagine how they will spend half of it; and as to your giving them more, it is quite absurd to think of it." When disapproving of your…