Yuck. That is a really crummy taste. I like it a lot.

You know how to quit? Get pneumonia, that'll stop you dead in your tracks.

I am sick and tired of hearing it, I said

She looked back at me with those eyes that said I was being stupid. "Retarded," that was the word she used. Yes, that was it.

Did you ever hear the story of Bartholomew and the Oobleck?

No

Dr. Seuss.

Who?

You never read Dr. Seuss?

No.

You were abused as a child.
Basically, these crazy old ladies brew up a batch of this nasty toxic green junk, and dump it on this town. Everyone tries to stop it but they all fail and are killed. Everyone except Bartholomew. He stops the Oobleck.

That's a twisted story.

It's a twisted world.