47.

She wanted to plug the CPU into her brain and throw the computer monitor out of the window.

46.

The week crawled slowly and certainly toward death.

45.

Prevent piles by slapping vigorously on the seat, so dissipating the heat.

44.

Old wives' tale #2 You should not sit down immediately when someone vacates their seat on the bus. The heat in the chair transmits piles.

43.

But it didn't matter. She was both female and male already.

42.

Old wives' tale #1 Girls should not whistle or a penis will grow out of their vagina.

41.

She walked with her eyes half closed, taking in just enough to get her body to work.

40.

The kindergarten boy took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes as his father cajoled him to go to school.

39.

Neither soap nor water could get rid of the black pepper crab in her fingernails. At least it wasn't durian.

38.

Reading the post made her nervous, as if someone had seen into her unspoken life.

37.

The words of the The Nicene Creed flashed on the screen -- temporal yet eternal.

36.

She smiled - what a smile! - like fireworks exploding in the darkest night of the year.

35.

Do the birds know what they've been promised?

34.

Whenever the bus stopped, it left a small puddle of pure, cold condensation on the side of the road, an oasis for the city birds.

33.

His dream was so terribly boring and tedious that he woke up.

32.

The night air smelt of fire and wood.

31.

She left work to get away from the blinking cursor, only to go home to resurrect it again.

30.

The girl and her best friend walked side-by-side on the empty road, bumping into and pulling away from each other in a barren dance of courtship.

29.

Both the dog and the girl deserved an `A' -- the dog for passing the test, the girl for believing in her dog. When shall we celebrate?

28.

From this point on, she will have more posts than the number of years lived.

27.

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26.

It hurts, God it hurts.

25.

The soles of his feet were persistently grey.

24.

The Priest fanned contention by speaking about our need to forgive God, and then diffused it by laughing like Elmer Fudd.

23.

Monday wore a dark blue body suit all day long.

22.

She was sad so she put in some sad jazz music, which didn't help at all.

21.

Were the curved watercolour strokes a woman's breast or an angelfish?

20.

There were four mynahs on the wet pavement.