“Yeah, I told him,” the soldier said, regarding his boss / friend / nemesis / politeness trainer.”And?”

‘And he said he saw my son on TV.”

“What? He saw him?”

“Yeah.”

“You didn’t tell him that was going to be on did you?”

“No, he just was watching TV and he saw it.”

“He must have recognized your name and put it together. Yeah. Well you must have been glad to hear that,” I said. “I’d give him some credit for this. Don’t you think he deserves some sort of credit for picking up on that? I do…”

“Oh, I suppose,” said the rhino with the balloon tied to his nose. “I suppose I’ll have to be nicer to the bastard.”

“He’s not a bastard.”

“He is a bastard, but he could be a bigger bastard so I will try to be a little nicer to him.”

“Good enough.”

“But I will still kick his ass if I don’t see you this weekend. I am going to get irritable.”

“Are you irritable?”

“No, but I can get that way real quick.” (Aries)