how I know he's getting too much Calvin

Today Alex was rude to his sister. Not just rude, he pushed her down and screamed at her. So in a moment of rare patience I called him over so we could "talk" about this little infraction.


He didn't answer.


So I called him again. He didn't answer again.


So again, patience waning, I called him over to me. Finally he looked up and said,


"I'm not Alex. I'm Duplicate #8".

Later when I asked if Duplicate #8 would like to come have some Graham crackers and milk, he said, "I'm not duplicate #8, I'm duplicate #0."

So I said, "You're Alex again?"

And he said, "yes. I put all the duplicates into the transmorgrifier and turned them into crickets and fed them to my lizards."


Now I know what he's been doing in that box all afternoon.