Let’s begin sensibly.

What follows is eight lines from some of this past year’s stories that have been taken entirely out of context and placed here for your general amusement. We’re calling it The Year in Short.

Ready for the not-sensible part? Because here goes...

“Tacos could be nice, too.”

“Especially if that statement is ‘I’m Kanye West.’”

“Oh, God, they made a Bath Baby.”

“Ocean’s still there.”

“Drops mic. Eats a clam cake.”

“Forty-eight hours later: you’re nightcapping with cupcakes.”

“And Tom Cruise was almost right.”

“Flowers as hats, hats as shirts, shirts as... optional.”