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Returning late one evening, my teenage son, Ryan, headed straight for the refrigerator. To his delight he discovered leftover pizza. Remembering that I'd intended to throw it away because it had gone past its "fridge life," I quickly warned Ryan that the pizza had made his father sick. With slice in hand, he hungrily looked at me and asked, "How sick?"

—Becky Cochran
Joplin, Missouri

European toilets are the pits, I mused in the train's lavatory as I searched for a way to flush. There was nothing on the floor, or on the commode, or on the wall. Finally, high on the wall I saw a cord and pulled. Nothing. "Typical," I muttered.

I was almost at my seat when the train—the main express between Glasgow, Scotland, and Durham, England—lurched to a halt. Conductors ran excitedly through the coach. Some prankster, probably unaware of the 50-pound fine, had pulled the emergency cord.

They questioned the lady sitting in front of my husband and me. She shook her head, turned, and pointed an accusing finger at me.

The questions began. "Have you been in the water closet? Did you pull the handle above the toilet?"

"Of course," I said, "but the toilet didn't flush."

"Ma'am," the conductor said in his brogue, "Ya pulled the wr-r-rong cord; ya stopped the whole tr-r-rain!"

—Ella Sailor
Strathroy, Ontario

My frenetic day was picking up pace as I rushed 13-year-old Becky to an orthodontist appointment. I dropped her off, while I left to pick up dinner at a sandwich shop.

As I stood in line to place my order, my cell phone rang. My daughter's frustration came through loud and clear, "Mom, I don't have an appointment here today!"

The appointment must be with her regular dentist, I thought.

We sped to the other dentist's office, and once again I dropped Becky off. "Check in while I park," I said. When I entered the crowded waiting room, my exasperated daughter confronted me, "Mom! The appointment is for you!"

—Jean Marty
Maplewood, Minnesota

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