when all the tumult makes plastic smell like

I would know less about the kind of BBQ sauce that was used on the inside of my left earlobe if the kitchen sink didn't start singing the baritone part of a barber shop quartet's version of Smooth Operator. My right earlobe was not even remotely jealous.

The best thing about being obstreperous is that you get to not have people so near you.

The worst thing about being obstreperous is that you get to not have people so near you.

The thing about being quiescent is that very little is likely going on at the particular moment.

obstreperous: adjective, noisy and difficult to control.

quiescent: adjective, in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy.

All that can be known by those who tend to learn things in a particularly acute field tend not to be as generalist as a pie plate that has yet to be divided into prime numbered fractions. That the pie plate was devoid of pie at the time comes as no surprise to the author who still has facial mastication evidence.

If the common nightshade consumable plants (white potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers) were to go bowling while the other non-nightshade plants were put into a vegetable stew; I'd be curious to know which is easier to befriend, an alligator or a crocodile.