When he started lecturing the veteran chef on basic techniques, I couldn't help whispering, "don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep" to warn him he was being patronizing.

I have a small favor to ask: your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to sneak a slice of pizza out of the office fridge before the team lunch ends.

When she starts assigning ridiculous tasks and barking orders at everyone, I half-jokingly ask, 'what did your last slave die of,' to remind her to dial it down.

When his friends asked where he felt settled after years on the road, he smiled and said, 'home is where you hang your hat,' then sat down at the kitchen table to boil water for tea.

She glared at him and asked, "do you kiss your mother with that mouth", stunned by his rude remark.

A poorly designed Molex to SATA adapter used to power a storage device can fail unsafely and cause you to lose all your data.

During the onboarding seminar, the manager warned, "don't dip your pen in company ink," reminding everyone not to use office resources for private matters.

Before she sent any personal letters from the office, her grandmother would warn her, you don't dip your pen in the inkwell, reminding her not to mix personal affairs with company resources.

At the community meeting, after spending the whole weekend helping neighbors, she joked, "my karma ran over your dogma," to underline that actions count more than beliefs.

After missing a key play last game, the veteran was reminded that you're only as good as your last shift and would have to prove himself again tonight.