Is anyone else giving anything up or observing Lent this year?

[Zyada]

Dumb, obvious jokes some people can't help but reflexively make

After I made this post in another thread — It occurred to me it might be a good idea to catalog the various knee-jerk “witticisms” that the tellers think are amusing but that the recipients have probably heard a thousand times. Two more examples: I’ve heard this a few times in convenience stores and gas stations, when somebody is buying a lottery ticket. The clerk asks what numbers they want, and the customer says “the winning ones.” Har har. When I used to do IT support, I’d be sitting at …