Trivia

Another way to liven up the dialogue is just make the claim that there’s no such thing as organic fertilizer. Every fertilizer is reduced to inorganic form before it can be taken in by the plant.

Said the late J. Paul Getty, alleged at one time to be the world’s richest man: “When I go into any business deal, my chief thoughts are on how I’m going to save myself if things go wrong.” Wise. Very wise. You can also use it for rock concerts.

Under the law of Portugal, you can’t call it “port” wine unless the grapes were grown in Porto. But not all wine sellers operate under the law of Portugal.

“Hide and seek” is not so much a learned game as a game of nature, evidently. Otters play it. So do young deer.

Whether fish do or do not drink has been bandied about considerably. Scientists now say, Yes, freshwater fish drink a little with their food, and saltwater fish drink a lot, a whole lot. The blood of the saltwater fish - not the meat, the blood - is much saltier than that of the freshwater fish.

Q. What was the illustration on the first Christmas card?

A. A family eating a meal together.

The higher the pantry temperature, the shorter the shelf life of canned foods.