Ans. When it's a nibble.
Not to be confused with a bite to eat.
As in: Care for a bite?
Maybe just a bit, you know, something to nibble.
Q: The word nibble is curiously similar to the word nipple. Is there any verifiable linguistic and/or semantic link between the two?
Ans: Aside from the fact that throughout all of recorded human time the nipple has been an irresistible object of those bent on nibbling, absolutely none.
Q: Why do I always feel depressed this time of year?
Ans. 1: Hey, who doesn't?
Ans. 2: Basically, it's all in your head. Chemistry, as they say, rules the roost.
A renowned scientist is a wheelchair once said: 'Our entire existence is electrochemically determined from birth, but as doing the math corresponding to the vastly complex neuronal interactions in the brain is beyond even my big brain, the illusion of free will is maintained.'
Of course, he was more or less compelled to say this.
Ans. 3: SAD.
Hardly credible, you say. By definition, a depressive is generally incapable of any emotional response, sad or happy, valid or otherwise.
Not sad, you nincompoop, S.A.D., as in Seasonally Affected Disorder, often manifest as an irrational fear of winter.
So you're suggesting I'm not only depressed, but also some sort of fearful phobic?
Slightly redundant, but yes. You're a fear-mongering, afraid-of-his-own-shadow, scaredy-cat, phobic depressive. You're also beginning to annoy me.
Ans. 4: Christmas music; its month-long, non-stop, all-pervasive proliferation.
Seriously, how many times can you be subjected to Bing Crosby singing White Christmas before the only thing you want to do for the holidays is strangle Santa Claus?
Q: My girlfriend and I have been going through a rough patch. What can I get her for Christmas to let her know I still care?
(Okay, talk about making the top ten list of cliches you never want to hear again as long as you live. The Rough Patch. Frequently employed in TV cop shows, after a body turns up, cops naturally suspect the boyfriend / girlfriend / spouse, always begin their interrogation by saying, "Sorry to ask, but how was your relationship with the deceased?" The invariable response: "I don't deny we've been going through a bit of a rough patch, but things were definitely getting better.")
Unless you are referring to a minor skin irritation, Please stop using this expression.
Ans: Give her a free pass to sleep with other guys. Your 'rough patch' is to her most likely a brain-numbing, energy-sucking, beyond all hope, existential dead end. She's looking to replace you, and this will enable her to do a bit of comparison shopping without having to be constrained by conventional feelings of guilt. The upside is that even as you become little more than a vague memory as a lover, she will continue to refer to you as a friend.
Stay tuned for Ask The Dog / Part 2
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