Can I see some ID?” “WE DON’T HAVE ID,” said Jay, loudly. “‘CAUSE WE’RE CANADIAN. WE DON’T USE ID…THERE. AND THAT’S WHY WE LOOK SO YOUNG. ‘CAUSE WE’RE CANADIAN.”
ADAM REXCan I see some ID?” “WE DON’T HAVE ID,” said Jay, loudly. “‘CAUSE WE’RE CANADIAN. WE DON’T USE ID…THERE. AND THAT’S WHY WE LOOK SO YOUNG. ‘CAUSE WE’RE CANADIAN.”
ADAM REXThe Boov frowned. ‘Everybodies always is wanting to make a clone for to doing their work.
ADAM REXThey can’t expect anyone to actually pay for a shirt that says, ‘I (picture of an elephant) the San Diego Zoo.’ What does that even mean?
ADAM REXThere’s a little bit of magic in every box!
ADAM REXMagic likes a good tragedy, too.
ADAM REXYou can do terrible things when you don’t know who you are.
ADAM REXWe found the bathrooms, which were labeled ‘Aliens’ and ‘Femaliens.’ ‘Finally,’ I said to J.Lo. ‘Here’s a bathroom you’re allowed to use.
ADAM REXDoug stiffened. Jay sounded crazy. Doug tried looking extra sane to even things out.
ADAM REXWhat part of Canada are you from, honey?” “THE LEFT PART,” said Jay.
ADAM REXThe United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.
ADAM REX[J.Lo] found us a police car. Sort of. ‘It’s not a police car,’ I said. ‘It is,’ said J.Lo. ‘Looknow. Lights for flashing.’ ‘That’s true.’ ‘Writing on the sides.’ ‘Yeah, but the writing? It says ”BullShake Party Patrol.” Yes. Whatnow?
ADAM REXWherefor are you knowing it? If you stacked all of the Gorg in the galaxy on top of eachother, the Gorg would kill you.
ADAM REXIs there a short-eared koobish, then?’ Mmmyes …’ said J.Lo. ‘But it is technically not really a koobish. Is more alike a kind of singing pumpkin.’ We had conversations like these all the time, where I just eventually gave up.
ADAM REXThere was less than I’d expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose egg labeled ‘DEAD SPIDERS.’ As if I hadn’t always known it was there. As if I wouldn’t want to look at dead spiders.
ADAM REXIf you are not wanting to do your work, why would a clone of you want to do your work?
ADAM REXGet off of the car,’ J.Lo huffed. ‘I am an English superstar.’ Uh-uh. There’s no comparison. ‘
ADAM REX