9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for June 02, 2004

Transcript:

"What are you writing?" "As my invisible, childhood playmate, you should know... It's a speech asserting human thought to be the acme in species evolution." "Rot!... Human beings don't think beyond the synapses required to buy admission to r-rated films and roller coaster rides... At least other species devote their brains to matters of survival." "The thing that truly sets people apart from other animals is not their thought process, but their ability to congratulate themselves for having one." "Are you writing this speech or am I?" "Speaking as your invisible, childhood playmate is there a difference?"