There is no amount of money which can buy an extra second for the lost, or that could ever tell the living how to go on alone.

You would normally think there's no way for a simple change to the palace's water pipes to cause this much trouble. But before you start thinking that, you should probably know it's Crackfic Week.

Shortly before a mission starts, a palace functionary asks the Bearers to consider the medical circumstances under which they would prefer to die. It's a perfectly normal question. It's also something nopony ever wants to think about.

All Celestia really wants for Hearth's Warming is to get through the palace's annual gift-receiving ceremony without wishing to be hit by a meteor.

The world is not what we make of it. The world doesn't care.

What's the difference between a prison with a lock and a prison with a door? Discord's student feels it's something her mentor should be able to answer -- but there are some things which Tish has to figure out for herself.

The new hoof crack treatment? That was a little miracle. It takes post-procedure medical monitoring to make Pinkie seek revenge.

What's so special about the traveling casino which just set up its tent in the Everfree? You can't lose. As long as you keep playing, you're guaranteed to at least break even. As Twilight and Pinkie discover, the problems only start when you stop...

Turns out the bureaucracy has no idea how to deal with Flurry Heart either.

In which Rarity learns that her ideal mane-and-tail shampoo has gone out of production forever and so experiences a perfectly reasonable (and logical!) series of reactions.

There's probably a perfectly reasonable response to seeing a glowing tortoise slowly making his solitary way across the Trottingham fairgrounds. Pity about the local lack of perfectly reasonable ponies.

Roseluck knows there's only one REAL reason why ponies would have to wear masks while congregating in public places. Now she just has to figure out what the conspiracy wanted it to be...

Rainbow really wants to know why nopony ever told her the reasons pegasi aren't supposed to have sex in a cold, dry environment.

All her friends want to do is make sure she can get through a hard winter. All Rarity wants them to do is stop.

In which the Cutie Mark Crusaders decide that they will be in estrus exactly once in their lives, for an hour and a half, starting tomorrow, and so fail both biology and life forever. (Did I mention this was still Crackfic Week?)