Mike decided it was time to visit the doctor (it was absolutely essential). He had absolutely NO other choice (it was really that bad.)
Mike’s condition was rare, to say the least.
“I have a problem,” said Mike.
“What is it?” asked the doctor.
“(I keep talking in brackets)” said Mike.
“What do you mean?” asked the doctor.
“(Brackets)”, said Mike.
“You’re talking normally”, said the doctor.
“Not true, so many of (my words) are in (brackets)”, said Mike.
“This is ridiculous”, said the doctor.
“(I know)” said Mike.
The doctor diagnosed Mike as being off the charts crazy. Mike was confused (and offended), and decided to sue his doctor.
“(I can’t stop talking in brackets)”, Mike said to the judge.
“That doesn’t make any sense”, the judge said to Mike.
“The doctor wouldn’t take me seriously, (he was laughing at me.)”, Mike said to the judge. “And when I just said to you ((‘he was laughing at me’)), I said that in brackets, and in fact just now as I repeated it that part was (also) in brackets, making it double (bracketed).”
The judge was confused (and bewildered) and gave Mike a life sentence.
And then the court reporter looked at her notes (she had to do a double take). “Oh my god,” she said, “he was telling the truth!”.
