I recall an episode of The Odd Couple where Felix drew the word ASSUME on a chalkboard. Then
he drew a circle around the letters ASS and then the letter U and finally the
letters ME. And he turned to Oscar, pointed to the circled letters in
succession, and said When you assume, you
make an ass out of you and me.
When Samantha was in nursery school there was a
little girl in her class that had two guardians in charge of picking and
dropping her off. One was the mother---who was my age---barely 30. And the
other was a much older gentleman with a German accent, wire framed glasses, and
snow white hair.
And I remarked
to the man how sweet it was that he picked up his granddaughter at school—just
like my father did sometimes.
He did not appear to be complimented. He appeared to
be—irritated.
The man then informed me that the little girl was not
his granddaughter. She was the daughter of his live-in girlfriend.
Oh.
I never made that mistake again.
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