The Thin Blue Line
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but the court ordered me to talk
to him. I said, "All right."

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And here come this real tall,
ostrich-looking dude.

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He introduced himself as Dr. Grigson.
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He pulled a pad out of his coat pocket...
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that had a line drawn across it.
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On this pad, on the upper half...
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he had six images.
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I will say a box, a square,
a circle with a diamond in it.

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I don't... It's been awhile.
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He slides this piece of paper across
to me and he hands me a pencil.

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He says, "I'm going to get a cup of coffee.
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"Please copy what's on this piece of paper."
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I'm looking at this man.
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I said, "What? You want it copied
just the same way you did?

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"Or you want me to change them
around? What do you want me to do?"

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He said, "Just do
whatever you think you want to do."

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And he left.
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So on the bottom half
of this piece of paper...

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I made my boxes and X's...
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and zeros with diamonds in it.
Exactly like his.

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He asked me...
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"What's the meaning of
'A rolling stone gathers no moss?"'

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I'm looking at this man.
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I said, "Are you kidding? Is this
a joke? What are you doing?"

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He said, "No, I really want to know
your answer to that question."

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I said, well,
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."

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I said, "To me...
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"it would represent that a person
that doesn't stand still long enough...

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"it's kind of hard for people to cling to him.
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"If he keeps moving around,
it's hard to get close to him."

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He shook his head.
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He said, "What about 'A bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush"'?

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I said, "If you have a hold of
something, why give it up...

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"for a chance of getting something
that might be a little better?

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"It doesn't make sense. You've got
something good, why let go of it?


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