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Hello, Brain? There Are Some Things We Need to Discuss
Don’t be nervous, it’s just a few small things
It’s time for your monthly review again, old friend. Let’s start with a few recent word recall errors you have made.
When you first insisted that the word I wanted for my wife’s apron was “kiwi”, yes, we all found that quite funny. My wife even played along, joking that we’d been watching too many New Zealand TV series. But when I strongly indicated my desire for the correct word and you stubbornly gave me “kiwi” three more times, well, the joke had worn a bit thin. Let’s reindex those dictionaries, shall we?
The “paper clip” response for the desired “clothespin” was less amusing after you fully convinced me that “clothes line clip” was acceptable. It was not.
It’s more than word errors. Yes, I t was cute when you recently picked up a spoon instead of a fork. I get it; I’m apt to want either, and my unspoken instructions may have been vague. I may have been generically thinking about eating utensils; you took a shot, and you were wrong. No harm done, and I did chuckle a little. But looking in the refrigerator for my phone? That was way off!
There are other things I have been meaning to talk to you about. We have been together a long time…
