The following are taken from the comic strip Pearls Before Swine, by Stephan Paris.

Hey, do you want to go to that new burger place with me?

I can’t. They give out too many French fries with their burgers and I’ll get fat.

Just don’t eat them all.

When one has French fries in front of him, one cannot stop eating until every French fry has been consumed. – Newton’s fourth law

Not a Newtonian Law

A mouth in motion tends to stay in motion.

What does it mean when people say something is ‘meta’?

It’s when a creative work refers to itself.

What for?

Let me try to explain with a metaphor. Do you know how a metaphor works?

No. What’s a meta metaphor for?

Well, say you met a four…

STOP!

Neighbor Bob and his wife have gotten a goose. They say it’s helped with their relationship

How so?

When Bob is nice to the goose, his wife feels closer to him, and as a result, she’s more open and frank with him.

So what’s good for the goose is good for the candor.