Routine Lovers Gifts

Why is Mum so happy. Doesn't she realize the holidays are over and it's back to school today!

"It's a small world because we never leave our neighborhood."

Are we a bunch of losers? Who are you talking about? Me, Randy, Sadie, even you Uncle Mort – all of us cafe regulars. We've been hanging out at this place for years. I've been working here two decades. Do we have nowhere else to go? More powerful even than inertia: Any momentum killed by an uncompromising nap regimen. Zzzz.

"Hue More Church Candlelight mass 7:00pm - 8:00pm"

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

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

"Oh look—he fell asleep when you told me about your day."

Waking Up With Rooster.

Bathroom shelf full of clocks and pills.

Woman Curls Her Dog.

The Lives of the SaintsThis Week: Frieda Witherspoon

'When the poor dear retired, he found that he missed his little cubicle.'

"I'd like to see you every Tuesday, forever."

"No matter the weather or what's on my plate, I'm here at five. That's discipline."

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

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

'And now for the (Yawn!) morning report....'

Clock in, Clock out.

"I love you, Ethan, bit I floss alone."

The Nargleys perform their post-holiday ritual of trying to blow all the needles off the tree in one breath,

"He misses his commute ."

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

'Our dog's been dead two years but he can't break the habit!'

"You didn't have to do that, Simon. It tells you on the box if there's a free gift inside!"

Plain ol' me.

"Well, come to think of it, we are creatures of habit: Always migrating to the same place and stopping at the same spots on the way..."

Mountaineers milk.

Mega Corp. Employee Entrance. I like to get to work early, before my brain knows what I'm up to.

"Sundays we like to walk around being insufferable about our routine."

"We're out of chrysanthemum." "I ordered chrysanthemum tea. This is not chrysanthemum tea. This is chamomile." "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?" "Superstition's always worked in the past."

"Sir, are you sure you don't want to try anything else besides the fish for once?"

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

"The way I see it, we lived like pigs in the eighties and, with any luck we'll continue to live like pigs throughout the nineties."

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

"I think I've taken my morning routine too far."