" WHO'S HARRY POTTER ? "

MIKE ASKED ME THE QUESTION ABOVE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.   I ASKED HIM "WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW"?  HE SAID "BECAUSE HE IS THE BOY WHO LIVED FOREVER, AND I WAS WONDERING HOW HE DID THAT"!!   I HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT HARRY POTTER IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER, AND THAT WHAT THEY MEANT TO SAY WAS THAT HE WILL LIVE FOREVER THROUGH THE SERIES OF BOOKS BARING HIS NAME.  MIKE TAKES EVERYTHING LITERALLY THESE DAYS.  THINGS ON T.V., THINGS HE READS, THINGS PEOPLE SAY, EVERYTHING!!  YESTERDAY HE DECIDED (AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TILL I WAS BLUE IN THE FACE) THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT HE HAD WON.  I TRIED TO REMIND HIM THAT I HAD TAKEN HIM TWICE BEFORE, AND IT IS JUST A GIMMICK TO GET PEOPLE DOWN THERE SO THEY CAN SELL THEM A CAR.  HE INSISTED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BUY A CAR, BUT HE WAS STILL GOING TO GO DOWN THERE TO SEE WHAT HE HAD WON.  WHEN HE GOT BACK HOME, HE SAID "BOY WAS THAT EVER A WASTE OF TIME"!!!  I THEN ASKED HIM "WHY, WHAT DID YOU WIN"??  HE SAID "THEY JUST GAVE ME THIS WORTHLESS LOTTO TICKET".  I HAD TO BITE MY TONGUE FROM SAYING THOSE FAMOUS FOUR LITTLE WORDS "I TOLD YOU SO"!!  HE JUST FORGETS THE LAST TIME WE WENT, AND HE FELT THE SAME WAY-IT WAS A COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME!!  IT IS LIKE THE MOVIE "GROUND HOG DAY" OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!  HE SEEMS TO DO THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER-EVEN WHEN HE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE THE LAST TIME HE DID IT.  HE HAS ZERO MEMORY OF THAT-I WISH AT TIMES I DIDN'T EITHER!!!  OH WELL, TODAY IS A GOOD DAY-WE WENT TO THE DENTIST, AND HE DID REMEMBER HAVING BEEN THERE BEFORE ONCE WE GOT THERE.  I COUNT THAT AS A VICTORY FOR THIS DAY!!  TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME