Mixed messages.

Sleeping on the couch. It's not for everybody. Or anybody.

When did burning in effigy go out of style?

A policy wonk.

Better than a Pol de Minutiae? Aka Dave Van Ronk.

Or is that Willy Wonka?

Hey, Bud !

Obviously, it couldn't have been Clydesdale or a Bud.

Not Busch league.

The difficult by noon.

The impossible takes a little longer.

The right man for the job is a woman.

Shinola.

A coat of wax and a good buffing should do the trick.

Or just paper it over.

Gimme shelter.

Thank the municipal bus service for the shelter from the storm.

Makes you feel all warn inside.

Feathering his nest.

That's a feather in his cap. Consider the birds

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?

A debt of gratitude.

Anonymity isn't what it used to be.

Temporary ceasefire.

Booby trapped.

Avoid the pitfall, and sidestep the deadfall.

It's a marriage video game.

Of a certain age.

Age is just a number, and numbers can be changed.

That's an inappropriate age.

Perestroika.

And a Happy Glasnost to you, too, comrade.

One Russian president of the USA is like any other.

Gotcha.

You can never be too careful or too suspicious.

Loose lips sink ships.

If you have it...

No casting of stones, unless they are some very expensive rocks.

Yo, ho, ho, and a dead man's chest.

Profit and loss.

He took it as a capital loss on his taxes.

Then depreciated his shoe leather, and still came out ahead.

And the cow jumped over the moon.

Definitely not a contented cow after that visit.

309 doesn't have the same cachet as Elsie.

May be hazardous to your health.

May cause uncontrolled laughter in some stockholders.

Do not take with a grain of salt.

Mr. Creosote passes.

The exploding gourmand. He's not dead.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

One foot in the grave.

Unexpected guests are always such a bother.

He didn't even leave his calling card.

Crosses a line.

That fine line is drawn permanently on shifting sands.

And it's not even a red line.

A world of difference.

Of course, of many of those worlds he wouldn't last long.

Still, he would be the longest lived, too.

It's all an Act.

Keep your dirty paws off the money.

It's a worthy cause.

TOBAL !

Sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad.

Other times, you just have to grin and bear it.

Miranda strkes again.

You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to have an attorney.

Don't make a federal case of it.

Shall We Dance?

As Fred said to Ginger.

Or as George said the Ira.

That's what I'm talking about.

The consensus is in, and it isn't pretty.

He's not implying it.

One a day.

It's like a vitamin, except it's completely different.

It takes the wind out.

Harry and Meghan.

Even though he wasn't invited to the wedding.

He holds no grudges.

The Ballad of D. B. Cooper.

Are we sure that it isn't Agent Dale Cooper, of Twin Peaks?

It's the Purloined Letter method.

Off the high board.

He might be in over his head and not know it.

Risky business not the movie.