“A brick could be used to remind me of her. I mean everything else reminds me of her, so why not a brick too?
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“A brick could be used as a scapegoat. But don’t blame the brick. The brick didn’t kill my mother-in-law. It was merely the instrument I utilized in showing her how much I loved her.
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“A brick could be used in speech therapy, to cure a stutter. I mean look at me, I don't have a stutter. But to be fair, I never did have a stutter, so I can't be certain the presence of a brick had any positive effect at all.
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“A brick could be used to tell time. And just between you and me, I hope that brick tells time to go to hell.
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“I skimmed the pond scum with a spoon like broth in a soup bowl. Why does everything have to remind me of her?”

“A brick could be used to ascertain the truth. And then logically, a non-brick could be used to detect the lie. What kind of things are non-bricks? Well, anything from blankets to lies. So therefore, a lie could be used to detect a lie, and all this logic makes me want to grab a blanket and lie down—and that’s the truth. 
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