A person whose habit is to stand and walk splay-footed may think eir feet are straight ahead, when they are actually pointed only slightly less out.

[Warren Buffett] The plainspoken Midwestern kazillionaire, supposedly the world's second richest man, announced this year that he was giving away up to 85 percent of his fortune to charity

Where were you last night? Huh?

I open my eyes by degrees, my limbs heavy and sleep-drunk.