Pretending T-Shirts

'Let's play school. I'll be the principal and you be the teacher, or you be the principal and I'll be the superintendent.'

Private Phone Calls

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

'Let's play celebrity doctors and nurses.'

'If you want to get anywhere with girls, you gotta PRETEND to like bunnies, ponies, and kittens.'

"Did I hear the dog in here?"

"He likes it."

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

Kid with 'Little Wellness Facilitator' kit

Tuning Up for the Air Guitar Competition

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.'

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

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

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

Imagination

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

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.

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

"Tea parties are passé. I'm opening a craft brewery."

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

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

'Maggots.' - playing doctor

Kid to sister: 'I never play doctor anymore. There's too much paperwork.'

'I'm not playing with Kevin anymore. He's suing me.'

"Broom! Broom!"