Why do writers get into the gross mode?  Garrison Keillor, of The Prairie Home Companion radio show, has gotten into the habit of doing bodily function humor — and his stuff gets aired and re-aired right around when people are eating.

At least nobody has to read this at breakfast.  Advice:  never ever ever read The Tin Drum at breakfast.  I was dipping up a forkful of scrambled eggs when I got to the eel-fishing scene and the horse’s brains came out.