If you’re a logophile — a lover of words — you might find yourself cringing as you read these.

  • Police were called to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

  • When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

  • The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

  • The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

  • A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.

  • A calendar’s days are numbered.

  • With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

  • If you take a laptop computer for a run, you could jog your memory.

  • When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye.

  • Acupuncture: a jab well done.