Trivia

You can say for a fact that if you categorize the robbers into those with knives and those with guns, those with knives draw far more blood.

Overheard: “There are the people who learn from other people’s mistakes, and there are the other people. …”

Q. What mountain range in the populated part of North America has the most avalanches?

A. The Wasatch 25 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

City living raises the life expectancy of a woman, lowers the life expectancy of a man. Or so say the statisticians.

Temperature of the typical shower is reported to be 101 degrees F.

A Love and War authority, not our own, says numerous singles in search of romance browse bookstores and public libraries. In the hope that if they hang around the shelves of books they themselves prefer, they might meet people with similar interests. Maybe so.

Q. That seafood soup called “bouillabaisse” - what does the word mean?

A. It was a French joke. The chef gave a direct order to the pot: “First boil (bouille), then settle (abaise).”