The Tutor
Gloria was studying for her Spanish class last night.I walked into her study and she was frowning as she looked at her Spanish textbook.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I can speak simple phrases fairly well now," she said, "but verb tense is just impossible. It's very confusing."
"I know about Spanish verb tenses," I said.
"Ha!" she laughed. "You don't speak any Spanish."
"No," I said, "but I know about verb tenses. I grew up in South Texas, remember?"
"There's no chance this could possibly be true, is there?" she asked.
"Well, you need help and it's too late to call anyone else," I said. "Spin the wheel."
"All right," she sighed. "Take a look at this." She showed me a page of complete gibberish. "What tense is that?"
"I'm a little rusty," I said, "but I know it's either past perfect subliminal or future vestigial."
"You don't really know anything about Spanish or verb tenses, do you?" she asked.
"Absolutely nothing," I said. "Buenos noches."
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