Playing Pretend Mugs

"You're fine, but your teddy bear can't come in until he's properly vetted."

"My teddy bear performed our wedding ceremony an hour ago, Mommy...so who do Joey and I see to get a divorce?"

Desperate Househusbands

"Take a pill in the morning, in the afternoon and at night."

"When I want your second opinion, I'll ask for it!"

'No, I can't be the horse, YOU have to be the horse!'

Joel's mum was very strict. . . No homework, no air guitar.

"Jonathan! I've told you not to put your space toys in the freezer and pretend they're on the ice planet!"

"Did I hear the dog in here?"

"He likes it."

"We're playing doctor. Do you have any old magazines for our waiting room?"

Tuning Up for the Air Guitar Competition

Kid with 'Little Wellness Facilitator' kit

Little doctor.

"I will give you the specimen some other time!"

'Off hand I'd say she needs re-stuffing.'

'This is your spinal column...It's a bunch of bones that runs up and down your back and keeps your legs from going all the way up to your neck.'

'All of our Little Doctor medical kits are on sale. Since the Healthcare bill passed, sales of the kits have been poor.'

"You always get to be the therapist! I never get to be the therapist!"

"You want a generic or a regular sugar pill?"

Imagination

'Stop purring I can't hear your heart beat.'

A boy dressed as a cowboy riding a stick horse encounters a stick with a cow's skull at the end lying on the ground.

"I tested very high in playing."

"Let's play make-believe. I'll diagnose you with a life-threatening illness, then cure you with a wonder-drug that turns out to be a placebo."

That kid's all business.

"As night falls, You return to claim what isn't yours. . . come at me, sea devil!!!"

"Fellow graduates, when I look at you, I see future princesses, ninjas, wizards, superheroes, and zombies."

He kept pretending he was going to work when he was just running errands.

'Don't bite it. I have to check Daddy next.'

'AQ popgun? I want a field model Browning pump chambered for the 3-inch magnum load.'

'Let's play doctor. You be the primary care giver and I'll be the doctor you refer patients to.'

'Maggots.' - playing doctor

"I'm playing "Explorer" and looking for the Elephant Cemetery: there should be really big bones there!"

"It's cute that yours has a Fire Island share, mine has the East Hampton Dream House."