"Attention passengers. Flight 369 has been cancelled due to our desire to ruin your life."
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air travel, airport, airports, airline, airlines, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, traveler, travelers, travellers, travellers, passenger, passengers, flight, flights, flying, canceled, cancelled, desire, desires, wish, wishes, ruin your life, attention, announcement, announcements, problem, problems, departure gate, departure gates, cancellation, cancellations, customer service, service, bad service, bad customer service"Sorry folks-it's not what you ordered, but everyone is getting fettucine until we fix the computer."
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restaurant, restaurants, eating out, dining out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, pasta, fettuccine, order, orders, ordering, pos system, pos systems, point of sale, system, systems, system failure, problem, problems, computer, computers, issue, issues, cooking, serving, kitchen, kitchens, chef, chefs, failure, failures, modern life, restaurant problems, restaurant issues, technology"Our maintenance crew is fixing a problem that should only take a few minutes but which will haunt you for the duration of the flight."
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air travel, airline, airlines, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, plane, planes, flying, flight, flights, traveler, travelers, traveling, travellers, travellers, travelling, passenger, passengers, announcement, announcements, bad sign, maintenance, maintenance crew, problem, problems, fixing, repairing, repair, repairs, safety, apprehension, foreboding, fear, fearful, anxiety, anxious, transportation"Uh-oh, your coverage doesn't seem to include illness."
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medical, word play, problems, insurance, health, fitness, disease, death, medicine, doctors, insurance coverage, health insurance, healthcare, insurance industry, insurance industries, bad coverage, bad insurance, american healthcare, american healthcare system, affordable, aca, affordable care act, obamacare, trumpcare, mankoffThe Berlitz Guide to Parent-Teacher Conferences
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problems, communication, education, translations, translation, translating, teacher, teachers, talk, talks, conference, conferences, schools, teachers, travel guide, travel guides, teacher-parent conference, parent-teacher conference, parent-teacher conferences, teacher-parents conferences, parent's night, parents, english language, creative, people skills, people-skills, school report, school reports"So–what seems to be the problem?"
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therapy, therapist, therapists, psychology, psychologist, psychologists, psychiatry, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, counselor, counselors, counseling, counsellor, counsellors, counselling, patient, patients, mental health, problem, problems, animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, cat, cats, cat owner, cat owners, hat, hats, head, heads, sitting"You've got someone's shirt caught on your left horn."
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viking, vikings, pillage, pillaging, raid, raiding, less talking more raiding, ancient, ancient history, historical, horned, horn, horns, horned helmet, helmet, helmets, caught, problem, problems, hat, hats, shirt, shirts, boat, longboat, norse, nordic, armor, armour, europe, european history, european, myth, myths, mythology, early modern, medieval"We think it has something to do with your genome."
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doctors, doctors and patients, genome, dna, genetic engineering, insects, sci fi, medical, problems, modern life, modern living, genetic abnormality, genetic abnormalities, genetic illness, genetic illnesses, doctor's appointment, doctor's appointments, gene, genes, kafka, kafkaesque, franz kafka, metamorphosis, diagnosis, diagnoses, mankoff"You know, doctor, right now I'd really prefer if your sense of humor were a tad less self-deprecating."
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expert, expertise, surgery, surgeries, operation, operations, operate, under the knife, self-deprecating, self-deprecation, unnerve, unnerves, unnerving, upset, upsets, upsetting, surgeon, surgeons, sense of humor, senses of humor, sense of humour, senses of humour, problem, problems, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, doctor, doctors, physician, physicians, bedside manner, manner, manners"Being in possession of great wealth made me a bit self-conscious at first, but I finally came to terms with it."
"But Moses, if I let your people go I'll have to let everybody's people go."
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religion, religious, bible, biblical, old testament, exodus, book of exodus, moses, pharaoh, pharaohs, egypt, ancient egypt, israelite, people, let go, everybody, government, governments, politics, lithuania, gorbachev, mikhail gorbachev, communism, communist, communists, soviet russia, soviet union, russia, russian, history, historical, lithuanian independence, sovereignty, problem, problems"I'm not trying to change you—I'm trying to enhance you."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, issues, problems, marriage, marriage issues, marriage problems, married life, husband, husbands, wife, wives, girlfriends, boyfriend, boyfriends, change, enhance, improve, fight, fights, argument, arguments, restaurant, restaurants, stereotype, stereotype, men, women, male, dating"There's your problem."
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baseball, baseball player, baseball players, pitcher, pitchers, pitching, tip, tips, athlete, athletes, athletic, pitching coach, pitching coaches, coach, coaches, coaching, throw, throws, throwing, problem, problems, pitch, pitches, football, footballs, train, trains, training, spring training"It may surprise you to know that, contrary to your experience, you're actually very happily married."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issue, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, counsellor, counsellors, counselling, counselor, counselors, counseling, marriage counsellor, marriage counsellors, marriage counselling, marriage counselor, marriage counselors, marriage counseling, therapist, therapists, therapy, couple, couples, happily married, married couple, married couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, divorce, divorced, split, splitting, separation, separating, issues, issue, problem, problems, surprise, experience, experiences"Mr. Bush, this is Vytautas Landsbergis, in Vilnius. Guess what."
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government, governments, president, presidents, politics, lithuania, vilnius, baltic, vytautas landsbergis, landsbergis, communism, communist, communists, soviet russia, soviet union, russia, russian, history, historical, lithuanian independence, sovereignty, problem, problems, oil, oil well, oil wells, gushing, george h.w. bush, george bush sr., gulf war, persian gulf, money, war, wars, energy, greed, greedy, taking advantage, using, excuse, excuses, invasion, invasions, invade, oil production, oil industry, energy industry, oil reserves, strategy, strategies, strategic"Carol, check my appointment book—something's not right."
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business, businessman, businessmen, appointment, appointments, meeting, meetings, appointment book, appointment books, schedule, timetable, agenda, not right, wrong, mistake, mistakes, error, errors, problem, problems, lost, confused, wrong place, incorrect, incorrect address, incorrect addresses, wrong address, wrong addresses, forest, forests, woods, secretary, secretaries, receptionist, receptionists, assistant, assistants, directions, check, double-check"Where's the ball? Where's the ball?"
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animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, dog, dogs, canine, canines, dog owner, dog owners, sleep, sleeping, insomnia, night, nighttime, bed, beds, bedtime, sleepless, can't sleep, wide awake, lying awake, thinking, thought, thoughts, ball, fetch, fetching, playing fetch, problem, problems, anxiety, stress, worried, worry, worries, mental health"As I recall from the last session, you were born in Tennessee and raised in the woods, so you knew every tree. Then something happened when you were only three. What was that?"
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therapy, therapist, therapists, shrink, shrinks, psychology, psychologist, psychologists, psychiatry, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, counselor, counselors, counseling, counsellor, counsellors, counselling, patient, patients, session, sessions, mental health, davy crockett, song, songs, ballad, ballads, theme song, theme songs, music, lyrics, tennessee, coonskin hat, coonskin hats, frontiersman, frontiersmen, folk hero, folk heros, childhood, problems, issues"Frankly, counselor, I don't care how stressful this is for your client—tell him to get out of that damn yoga position."
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lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, counselor, counselor, counsellors, counsellors, solicitor, solicitors, barrister, barristers, client, clients, judge, judges, law, legal, justice, court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, court case, court cases, trial, trials, problem, problems, stress, stressed, stressful, yoga, yoga position, yoga positions, yoga pose, yoga poses, handstand, handstands, meditation, meditating, fitness, exercise"Under new business: Peterson, at Hammond Point Beach, reports that a person in the water is flailing about and calling for help. Peterson wants to know what action, if any, he should take."
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rescue, rescuing, initiative, meeting, meetings, inefficient, inefficiency, life guard, life-guard, lifeguards, discuss, discussing, discussion, business, businesses, boardroom, boardrooms, problem, problems, decision, decisions, indecisive, agenda, agendas, bureaucracy, bureaucratic, bureaucracy, pointless, initiatives