Dear readers,

There is a time and place for everything, and foul language is no exception. The trick, however, is knowing when and where that is. Front row at a metal festival as Slipknot takes the stage? Perfect time to scream, “F*** YEAH!” at the top of your lungs. Just bit your tongue at Sunday lunch with your grandma-in-law? Probably best to opt for, “Oh, pickles,” instead of, “Ah, s***.”

Last December, we brought you a roundup about customers who couldn’t stop swearing. Today, we’re bringing you ten more stories from our archives about people who use profanity like punctuation!

Children Of The Scorn – And just where did you learn language like that, young lady?

Checking Him In And Checking Her Out – Free speech does not mean freedom from consequences!

A Cleaner With A Dirty Attitude – “F*** you! I’m not swearing!” I’m sorry, what?!

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Dear readers,

Last October, we brought you a roundup about visiting the eye doctor. Now, it’s National Eye Exam Month, and we’re celebrating this health-focused month with 10 more stories from our archives about visits to the eye doctor that’ll make your eyes pop right out of your head!

Catoptrophobia – Someone’s seen the Bloody Mary episode of Supernatural one too many times.

Makes You Wish You Could Just Die(late) – The words, “It’s none of your business,” would’ve been useful here.

Not Seeing Eye To Eye, Part 5 – I’m not crying. My eyes are just watering in sympathy!

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Dear readers,

Today is World Elephant Day! These gentle giants are some of the most intelligent mammals on earth. Some elephants are endangered, and some are threatened. But in this thundering roundup, there are elephants aplenty!

We’ve rounded up 13 stories from our archives that’ll twist your trunks for World Elephant Day!

Mother Versus Nature – Okay, but we really want to know what she wanted them to do about it.

The Elephant In The Room – To be fair, I’ve never seen an elephant in the cleaning supplies aisle.

Step 35c: Ask Customer To Reboot Dumbo – I’ll have to remember this excuse next time I’m behind on work.

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Dear readers,

Today is National Son and Daughter Day in the US! Everyone is someone’s son, daughter, or non-binary kid, and everyone has some strange or funny stories about the relationship offspring have with their parents.

In honor of this day, we’ve dug into the recesses of the Sons & Daughters tag for 17 stories about weird and memorable antics between parents and their kids!

Sweet Revenge – Hits from Gilmore Girls: “I have no patience for jam hands!”

Not Being Five Makes Them All Sixes And Sevens – Kids are often very honest. Sometimes too honest.

Not Raising Them To Be Trash – And NAR’s Parent Of The Week Award goes to…

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Dear readers,

August is Back To School Month! This month has been celebrated since the sixties and it’s a busy, busy time for all kinds of parents with school-aged kids and young adults heading off to college. The stores are positively dripping with back-to-school sales!

To get you into that learning mood, we’ve rounded up 10 stories from our archives about the joys – and terrors – of back-to-school shopping!

Light On The Brain Cells – It’s probably a bad idea to teach kids to fear certain colors.

The Only Thing They Are Providing Is Indifference – Hits from the comments: “Uh-oh, looks like somebody slipped over here from a timeline that’s not completely horrible. Boy, are they in for a series of shocks.”

They Put You In A Bit Of A Bind – It’s bad enough that the kid was confused, but her dad, too?!

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