Elephant. Zoom. Super. Clean. Mugs.
What?
Elephant. Zoom. Super. Clean. Mugs. You have to say five words in a row. Then you have to remember them…it’s what makes Trump special. HE can do it!
Those aren’t the five words he repeated!
I know! I made up my own list! His were too easy.
Remind me of Trump’s again…
Ah, I see what you’re doing there…
What?
You’re spot-checking me!
I’m just asking…remind me of Trump’s famous test!
Okay, but I may not be as good as he is! Trump’s five: ‘Person. Woman. Man…’ (pauses)
Go on!
…‘eh…CAMERA! TV!’
Well done.
And my own?
Huh?
My own list again…
Go on.
Elephant. Zoom. Super. Clean. Mugs.
Okay.
Okay?! Aren’t you impressed? It’s pretty impressive!
(They both jump as a motorist blows their horn)
Ask me to do it again! If I get it in order I get extra points!
It’s not THAT hard…
Mine is tricky! Plus it’s a few minutes’ since I did it!
GO ON SO!
Elephant. Zoom. Super. Clean. Mugs.
Mmnn…
Well?
Well what?
Impressive?
Not bad, you’re as clever as Trump!
Thanks! You see, like him…I’m cognitively THERE!
Anyways, it’s an odd sentence…
Being President of America?
No, YOUR five words.
Not really a sentence…five separate words.
Yeah…okay…but you picked unusual words.
Did I?
Yep!
Elephant. Zoom. Super. Clean. Mugs. There! I did it again!
I know you! I think you’ve used a form of word association…one word reminds you of the other, one word is linked to the next…
Story of our lives!
No, seriously…you’re using a technique.
Are you accusing me of NOT being a natural, like Trump?!
I dunno…how are you remembering those words?
It’s simple!
Go on.
You were right. Here goes…‘Elephant’ is, well…elephant. ‘Zoom’ rhymes with ‘room’, so you have the elephant in the room. Super is a reference to the super junior ministers in the new government. ‘Clean’ reminds me that they are cleaning up, after getting a €16,000 pay boost. THAT’S the elephant in the room – a €16,000 pay hike for our super junior ministers!
And mugs?
WE’RE the mugs! The taxpayers!
(They pause and watch the world; five minutes pass)
You’re deep in thought…
Oh, maybe I was. Actually, I’VE come up with five words…
Go on.
Elephant. Zoom. Super. Clean. Mugs.
They’re MY words!
Mine too…well, they are now. Ask me again…
NO! Because you’ll just use my word association trick, with the junior ministers…
Nope! Promise I won’t!
How will I know?
Eh…I have my own system.
Go on…
Elephant. Zoom. Super. Clean. Mugs.
Yeah, right, so how do YOU do it?
This morning. My wife said she was taking the kids to the Zoo. That’s the elephant. I asked when are ye back, she laughed, ‘Oh, we’ll call you from a restaurant, we might do a Zoom chat with you!’
Go on…
I feigned hurt, then said I had a lot of work to do…in the shed.
Nice…the old shed trick!
Then my wife said: “It would be SUPER if you do a CLEAN up of the house while we’re away. And you can start with the mugs from breakfast!”
