Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Do I look Sicilian?
Three times now, a patient has said to me, “You know who you remind me of? That guy from The Princess Bride!”
I’m always hopeful they mean Mandy Patinkin,
but each time, they meant Wally Shawn.
Could be worse. They could have meant Billy Crystal.
D.
Perhaps you need to brush up on Bonetti’s defense.
I live in the Central Valley. Not enough rocky terrain.
Stop it now, I mean it!
You don’t, by any chance, have six fingers on your right hand?
Ten fingers on both, kind sir. But perhaps I drank too much of the wine in front of me.