Routine Gifts

Lather, rinse, dry, style, get dressed, go to work,come home, eat dinner, go to bed, wake up, repeat.

Clock in, Clock out.

"It's kind of sweet when they're all settled in like this."

He decided to take a later train

"I don't want a New Year, I want a comfortable, familiar, used year."

'Come home, Fred. It's Sunday.'

"You changed the menu! Where's the oatmeal?!"

"It's definitely Friday. I'm looking at my calendar."

"Collects his paper every morning - regular as clockwork!"

"School today, school tomorrow... School next week, school next month... Sometimes, when I think about where I'm going...I can't help but feel that maybe I've already been there."

"You've become very predictable, Jack - home every night!"

'My husband does everything religiously except going to church.'

'I'm home from a mind-numbing day at the office, ready to watch some mind-numbing TV.'

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...

'I have a rigid routine...sharpen pencils, organise desk, have writers block and start my nervous breakdown after lunch.'

"Bear with us, will you? -- We're having technical difficulties over here."

"You keep impeccable time."

"Your solution to everything is to show up, do your job, then go home!"

Do you realize it's been 23 hours since last I yelled in your face, Rudy? You haven't said anything vacuous. You have not overcharged me or done anything particularly oafish today. I haven't been inclined to remind you you're an embarrassment to humanity for almost an entire day. HOW DARE YOU ALMOST RUIN MY STREAK! I was THIS close.

I ordered chrysanthemum tea. This is not chrysanthemum tea. This is chamomile. We're out of chrysanthemum. I've had a chrysanthemum tea every day for the last 80 years, and I'm still alive and well. Are you trying to kill me? Are all old folks this superstitious? Superstitions always worked in the past.

"I know, I know, every time we come here, I swear I'm going to try something new, but I always end up getting the same thing."

"Same."

COVID Clock

Stop the world. I want to get off again.

Egg # 54,062

"Synchronized sitting"

"Honey, I'll be right back – I forgot to stop at the bar on the way home."

"I'm feeling adventurous today, Penny – let's tack on a block."

Daily Routine

"And what, pray tell, is the ration of flake to raisin this morning?"

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

Weekday Morning Hell Bingo

'Twenty years ago I began jogging five miles a day - could you tell me where I am?'

"My favorite way to start the day...coffee, danish, and a data dump."

"I'm sick of watching the same movie every day."