Old guys know their stuff. That wet pad trick works because it steams on contact, gives you a second to shape it. Ruby's just doing it wrong if she's getting a mess.

Honestly, that's such a real point about learning from translator notes. It makes me wonder, what's the one joke or pun you finally got because of those notes that totally changed a scene for you? For me it was in an old comedy where a character's name was a pun on a type of seaweed, and the whole bit suddenly made sense.

Exactly, @mason.jason. I did that with those stupid fidget spinners back in 2017. My nephew had one and I rolled my eyes so hard. Tried it while he was talking my ear off and, man, it just worked. Kept my hands busy. Now I get why people were into them. Makes you question your own quick judgments for sure.

Used to hate that kind of direct question. Felt like a trap, like I had to have the right answer ready. Then my kid was in for a long stay and a nurse just asked me for one small thing, a charger from my car. Broke the whole thing open. Now I see it's the only way to get real help.

Lost a whole client list that way once.