IN: Sometimes I called myself , but not often enough . Mary would always say , " Let me get Bob , he will be so pleased that you have called . " The last time I called , within the past year , Bob knew who I was , but could not remember any of the facts he used to so quickly retrieve from his mental archive . We still had a very pleasant conversation , after which he said , " I have to write a note for Mary while you are on the phone to tell her you called .
Why is the narrator surprised by Bob ?

OUT: Their mind is going .

IN: The adults cured me of any serious changes of heart by being completely ridiculous about it . The romanian word for " sin " was used at one point . That 's actually the whole night : mostly ridiculous like I thought it would be , but redeemed by watching a bunch of kids I love getting their " prom " kind of night .
What may be a plausible fact about me ?

OUT: I am a kid .

IN: Therefore I took the last days off and did NOTHING ! ! ! The Vancouver weather decided to reward me for my hard work ( ) and the sun was shining the whole weekend . It felt so like holiday ... .
Why did they do nothing on their days off ?

OUT:
They wanted to take a break from work .