If you have a ticking clock, switch to an electric, nonticking one. If you have an electric clock with a bright or blinking LED, switch to one with a less glaring display.

A'a is thick, sticky lava which forms jagged, chunky rock when it cools.

They had tried hiring Indians to work in the fields during haying, but as far as machinery went, they didn't have sense enough to pound sand in a rathole.

It's like looking in a distorting mirror at the fair.