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... you assume a "baptismal font" is the typeface of your Sunday School
newsletter
... your child asks you where babies comes from, and you reply with a
numbered list, annotated diagrams, and the phone number of the local
maternity ward (for support questions)
... you go to the barber for a haircut, and you instruct him that -all- of
them need cutting, not just one
... you realize that, thanks to common typos and punctuation errors, one
man's laughter is another manslaughter
... singing along to the local rock station has become impossible, and the
local country station is even worse
