relax. I’m going to give you several sets of three words. You tell me which one doesn’t belong in the set. Okay?

Knife. Spoon. Cup.

MS: Knife.

JS: Why not cup?

MS: You could play it that way, of course. I thought it was my call. A spoon and a cup hold things.

JS: Knife, paper, scissors.

MS: Knife.

JS: Why not paper?

MS: Knife doesn’t belong in the game. Scissors, paper, rock. You remember. That game. With your hands. I always hated that game. This destroys that.

JS: Knife, sail, gun.

MS: Knife.

JS: Why not sail?

MS: You can have a gunboat or a sailboat, but not a knifeboat.

JS: Knife --

MS: My god! Are they all knives then? Do we play until I stop picking the knife? What is it with you and knives?

JS: Only the first five are the knife sequence.

MS: And then?

JS: The second five are the egg sequence.