SEMANTIC PITFALLS
1. Prayer before a sermon: “Wherever among us there is a spark of faith, O God, water, Thou, that spark.” 2. He spoke to her like a Dutch oven. 3. I don’t play golf, but if I did, I’d say that we’re behind the eight- ball. 4. A man on the verge of choking to death in a restaurant was saved only because his friend administered the hemlock maneuver. 5. Title of cynical message on getting mileage out of one’s afflictions: “Milking Your Thorn.” Ouch. Campbell’s Notebook, January, 1988.
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