I’ll tell myself whatever I need to hear to stop listening.

“If you own the most profitable manure distribution warehouse in the world, you …”

“I would rather save a few seconds than a few cents. I hope you don’t mind, but …”

“My favorite unit of time is the hour, because I collect them and store as many …”

“I have a favorite cemetery I go to, because it’s really clean and the doctors a…”