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A Brief Scene From One Referee’s Speech Therapy Course

Sep 15, 2009, 8:30 PM UTC

Uh, so, yeah. I’ve got this thingy in my other thingy. Yellow ...â†µthing.â†µFloppy yellow thing. Got a some beans in it.â†µâ†µIt’s a flag.â†µ

â†µâ†µRight and it’s in the other thing. Open thing. Got a slit. Putâ†µyellow ...â†µ

â†µâ†µFlag.â†µ

â†µâ†µRight, put flag in the thing.â†µ

â†µâ†µPocket.â†µ

â†µâ†µRight. So I’ve got my thing in the thing and then I see this otherâ†µthing so I pull the thing out of the thing and thing it. Sort of ...â†µillegal seeming, the thing that I thinged with the thing.â†µ

â†µâ†µA penalty? â†µ

â†µâ†µRight. I penaltied with the flag from the pocket. Penaltied it rightâ†µup. Yeah. Lingo. â†µ

â†µâ†µThen what happened? â†µ

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â†µWell, it didn't go so good.
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â†µâ†µI see.â†µ

â†µâ†µGot any lingo for that? I like lingo. Makes me sound like a thing.â†µGot legs sort of thing, arms, head. All waving around and googly-likeâ†µsometimes, I seen that when people run into the painted thing. Allâ†µgoogly like, jumping and waving. Thing?â†µ

â†µâ†µPerson. â†µ

â†µâ†µYeah, yeah. I’m getting it. Now. So. â†µ

â†µâ†µLingo.â†µ

â†µâ†µRight. For the post position place. â†µ

â†µâ†µ“End of the run.”â†µ

â†µâ†µAh okay, I gotcha it’s 10 thing from the end of the thing. â†µ

â†µâ†µLet’s try again.â†µ

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