WBUR morning anchor Bob Oakes, interviewing Governer Mitt Romney, turned the discussion to education spending with the bewildering metaphor: “When the gorilla enters the classroom, it might throw a monkey wrench into your plans.”

Although my all-time favorite Bob Oakes goof was, “We’re funded by you, our prisoners.” He couldn’t stop cracking up as he tried to read the list of underwriters before the top of the hour.