Friday, September 5

After dinner this evening, Tommy had a speech-therapy session with a nice fellow named Ralph, who hadn't met Tommy before. It was very entertaining to witness. "Ok, Tom," Ralph said; "I'm going to start a phrase, and you finish it. How are...?" "You," said Tommy. "Very good," said Ralph. This went on a while until Ralph said, "Oops, I dropped the ..." "Boat," said Tommy. "Boat?" said Ralph. "Yes, I dropped the boat." "Uh, okay," Ralph said dubiously as he made a checkmark on his worksheet. "Most people would say the phone or the ball, but a boat...okay." Further into the session, Ralph said, "Now Tom, I'll start a sentence and you finish it." After a few of these, Ralph said, "I like to drive a ..." "Travelift," said Tommy. "A what?" said Ralph. "A Travelift," said Tommy. "That's what I was driving when I dropped the boat."