GOOD: Your car conveniently “runs out of gas.”
BAD: For real.
GOOD: Your car conveniently “runs out of gas.”
BAD: For real.
GOOD: Your boyfriend is exercising.
BAD: So he’ll fit in your clothes.
GOOD: You go to see a strip show.
BAD: Your daughter’s the headliner.
GOOD: You get tickets to the theatre.
BAD: It’s performance art.
GOOD: You get a three-day weekend.
BAD: You get the flu on Friday.
GOOD: You came home for a quickie.
BAD: Your wife walks in.
GOOD: You came home for a quickie.
BAD: So did the postman.
GOOD: The teacher likes your son.
BAD: Sexually.
WORSE: He’s gay.
GOOD: The secretary said “yes.”
BAD: Your wife says “no.”
GOOD: The postman’s early.
BAD: He’s wearing camos and has an AK-47.
GOOD: Hot outdoor sex.
BAD: You’re arrested.
WORSE: By your husband.
BAD: Your wife’s arrested for soliciting.
WORSE: She implicates you.
BAD: Your wife’s leaving you.
WORSE: To enter a convent.
BAD: Your wife’s leaving you.
WORSE: For another woman.
BAD: Your wife wants a divorce.
WORSE: She’s a lawyer.