Thought-provoking Contextuals Gifts

"Would you rather be attacked by a horse-size duck or fifty duck-size horses?"

Very Difficult Conversations

"I think it was an election year."

"We've all said things about heliocentricity that look bad when taken out of context."

Let's tell the folks in the Garlic Belt there's no budget for steps 2 and 3.

Libya Crisis and the Price of Oil

It's good news when an agent says "This is a big break" to an aspiring actor. But not good when said by an orthopedic surgeon holding your x-ray! It's jarring when your business partner says "We're going under while he's looking at the books. But it's very routine when said by a submarine captain speaking to the crew. "You're on fire" is nice to hear when you're playing an excellent round of golf. But not what you want to hear when you're grilling burgers. "A thumb on the scale" often mean

'The way I got it doped out, post-modern man is all context and fragment.'

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be taken out of context and put on Twitter and then it'll be a whole thing."

'But, there must be some mistake. I don't want to buy the school.'

'Wait a sec...do you want that comment off the record or out of context?'

Information and Still don't get it.

'You're taking my life completely out of context.'

Unlike other places, around here "take a load off" means "get back to work."

'Sorry, you're not suitable for the post of Assistant Beggar.'

"The danger with studying anything this closely is that you lose sight of the context."

The Dancer's Reward - Salome grasping the head of the Baptist

'You can't solve ALL your problems by beheading them.'

"If he's so smart, why does he have to sell his sperm?"

'She is critical of every woman I bring home.'

Dying To Be Thin

Bang Balls.

If life was a swimming pool, everyone would be in the shallow end.

"Maybe you're taking my answer out of context."

'Isn't it odd that Mona, the vegetarian, is seen with so many turkeys?'

Gadaffi - The long goodbye

It's a snowy evening… I should stop by…

Warning: surgeons operating in this area.

"I wonder if it's right, while seeing these tragedies on the news, to enjoy my coffee... or some ice cream... or a piece of cake.."

"Make my speech so incomprehensible it won't matter if I'm taken out of context."

Tattoo going wrong.