Strange But True
By SAMANTHA WEAVER

• Do you get annoyed at your mate's bathroom habits? Well, you're not the only one. A survey was conducted in 2006 to determine exactly what it is we do to drive each other nuts there. The No. 1 compliant was leaving an empty roll of toilet paper on the spool instead of replacing it with a new roll. The second most common pet peeve was finding gooey globs of toothpaste in the sink.

• It was American columnist and author Bill Vaughan who made the following sage observation: "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."