I preface some obvious remark to my son by saying “Call me Kreskin, but . . .”
He jumps in and says, “OK, you’re crazy.”
“I didn’t say ‘Call me crazy,’ I said ‘Call me Kreskin.”
“You’re a kreskin.”
“Kreskin,” I explain, “is a mind-reading guy. He makes predictions about things.”
“Oh . . . then, you’re crazy.”