Conversations...

At work, in the kitchen, we pull out our mugs...
Jim: MightyBob, why don't you come to the dark side and try some coffee?
MB: Why don't you come to the fiber side and try some oatmeal? (starts reading the Fun Facts on her instant oatmeal packet after emptying it into her mug) Pop quiz - What is the size of a poodle that comes between miniature and standard?
Jim: Uh, I gotta go...
MB: It's an educational breakfast! Pop quiz - What is another name for a mountain lion?

At a restaurant, over dinner...
MB: So Art, what do you do at work?
Art: I analyze blood from pregnant women. We're trying to find a genetic marker for preclempsia so medical workers can help prevent mother and child deaths.
MB: Wow!
Art: Yeah... I save babies.
MB: Have you picked out a superhero name yet? Preclempsiamarker Man is kind of long...
Art: Still working on it...

In my sister's math class...
Mr C: How many of you did your homework? Raise your hands.
Class: (shifts uncomfortably in seats and avoids eye contact with the teacher)
Mr C: You didn't do your homework?! What do you DO all day? Choke puppies?...