"There's jokes on Capitol Hill that today is another day that Susan Collins is 'concerned.'" said Casey Burgat, a professor of legislative affairs at George Washington University.

And in The Boston Globe, Christopher Muther recalled someone’s awkward attempt to turn his cruise ship into a love boat: “One night, a female passenger began getting handsy with me, so I informed her that she was barking up the wrong homosexual.” (Eric Van Loon, Concord, Mass.)