Sam Vimes could parallel process. Most husbands can. They learn to
follow their own line of thought while at the same time listening to
what their wives say. And the listening is important, because at any
time they could be challenged and must be ready to quote the last
sentence in full. A vital additional skill is being able to scan the
dialogue for telltale phrases such as "and they can deliver it
tomorrow" or "so I've invited them for dinner?" or "they can do it
in blue, really quite cheaply."
-- (Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant)
Courtesy of the Annotated Pratchett File
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Aha. It all makes sense now. Thanks for selling out men everywhere, but this really helps us women adjust our strategy.
Oh, don't worry, we'll take that into account. You just have to edit the appropriate buffer: From now on we'll repeat the 2nd sentence back.
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