News Discussion Pillows

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

"The university said he was a climate change denier so remove the statue."

5pm Happy Hour. 6pm discussion: what is true happiness?

"I'm voting for Stephen because I cannot stand Katie's mother, she is so catty! Anyway-- how're your parents doing with the divorce?"

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

Denmark scrapped anti-blasphemy law!

"That's five votes for In The Midst of Winter....three votes for The Hollow Ground....and, again, one vote for Moby-Dick."

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

"Darling, I think we need to talk about where this relationship is going..." Male evolution.

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"No es problema para mi si no es problema para ti."

"Do you think the flat earth society has members round the globe?"

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

"Discussion topic: Is our society becoming less civil and more violent?"

"You can't offend me. I never mix religion or politics with reality."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"To be honest, I'm leaving public service so I can make some real money as a talking head on a cable news network."

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

"In a just world we'd have 'No Lawyer Left Behind'."

"This next song I wrote I won't sing due to political correctness."

"Agenda item 14 C, does anyone have any idea what happened in Game of Thrones?"

'Apparently our postcode qualifies us for Government sponsored loft insulation.'

'To avoid possible schism, a period of careful reflection is needed before changing the light-bulb.'

Spelling a newspaper

"I have to admit Dick Cheney makes a strong argument for torture. But I still think torturing him would be wrong."

'Have you heard about the new Medicare drug plan called plan C? Medicare gives you $30 for a bus ticket to Canada!'

"He's Right Behind Me, Isn't He?"

"I don'y know about you guys, but I don't feel like I've lost one goddamn bit of my feminity."

"It's time we have a talk about the alternate facts of life.

'Hmmphhhh ... High on Life. Now that's something the government ought to regulate.'