The Year of the Jackpot

This year the human race is letting down its hair, flipping its lip with a finger, and saying, ‘Wubba, wubba, wubba.’

One case is shocking; over three hundred makes it scientifically interesting.

“I dern near left behind my file of The Western Astronomer and the Proceedings of the Variable Star Association.”
“Why take them?”
“I must be nearly a year behind on both of them. Now maybe I’ll have time to read.”
“Hmm… Potty, watching you read professional journals is not my notion of a vacation.”
“Quiet, woman! You took Winnie; I take these.”