Trivia

Q. How do Sweden’s police deal with the “call girl” problem?

A. Don’t have to, they say; there aren’t any call girls in Sweden. “None?” “None.”

One out of three American Indians, about, marries outside the tribe.

Actor William Baldwin worked for a while as a Capitol Hill aide.

Client writes: “Those ridges on the ends of your fingers give traction to your grasp, that’s what they’re for. When God invented fingerprints, he’d never heard of the FBI. Incidentally, some monkeys, those that can hang upside down, have such ridges on the underside of the tail.”

The two are seated, high up, where they can look out on the city. He orders drinks. She smiles. The waiter serves. She sips. In large surprise she laughs and cries. At the bottom of her glass is a diamond engagement ring. Claim is that scenario of matrimonial proposals has been played out more frequently than anyplace else on earth at The Top of the Mark over San Francisco’s Mark Hopkins Hotel.

Those who purport to know say you can relieve sudden “chili pepper throat” - the symptom is a gasp from mouth agape as tears come to the eyes - with milk, sugar or bread, but not with water.

The sibilant “shhh” is common to every language in the world.