Yesterday I spoke about the relationship between me Uncle John (who we call Zeke) and me brother Patrick. They would typically ask one another questions about this or that, and comment on the answers.
One of Patrick's favorite types of query was an either/or question. Would you prefer pizza to fried chicken, for example. One day he asked Uncle John, "If you had the choice between retire now or..."
Zeke interrupted him abruptly. Indeed, his tone was rather sharp. "Retire now."
"But you didn't hear the rest of it!" Patrick cried.
"It doesn't matter what the rest of it is. If one option is retire now I'm retiring now!" stated Uncle John emphatically.
A man after my own heart. I don't think Patrick ever got the rest of the question out.
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