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10) That’s One Way to Do It
The phrase, “To be (or get) fired” is hard enough to cope with nowadays, but it has some pretty terrible roots: Long ago, when clans wanted to do away with someone without actually killing them, they would simply burn the person’s house down.
I think I’d rather just lose my job.
9) That’s Still 12 Too Many
Every day in the United States, on average, 12 babies are given to the wrong people. Though, to be fair, that means that only six medical professionals are messing up each day (since each mess up means two sets of parents get the wrong kid), but that still seems like a mighty high number.
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