At the wedding, Tom said as an aside, "The bride doesn't look well."At the ballet, Billy said as an aside to his mother, "I hope the dancers fall off the stage!"

I'd like to say—for the record—that at no time have I ever accepted a bribe from anyone.For the record, I've never been able to get anything done around city hall without bribing someone.

We are half finished with our project. So far, so good.The operation is proceeding quite nicely—so far, so good.

Too bad about John and his problems. So it goes.I just lost a twenty-dollar bill, and I can't find it anywhere. So it goes.