A Flock of Seagull’s “I Ran (So Far Away)” just reminds me of all the nights from high school into college that I stood in an empty Walgreens waiting until it closed.
[Watching TV] Dad: “Did you see that, Kate?”
Me: “No. Why? Did they have roller skates?”
Dad: “Yes just like you. Except better. They’ve got Christmas lights.”
[On his irrational fear of whales] Joe: “I refused to go to Sea World as a kid. I had read somewhere online that they can sense fear. I didn’t want them to target me. These are KILLER whales!”