“You met him a couple of times and you thought he was a ‘tremendous individual.’ No one knows if someone is tremendous if they don’t truly know them, which means spending time with them.” She made a scoffing noise and decreed, “Pedestal city. By the way, Mom, those pedestals come in one size and the top is only a couple of inches wide. No matter how hard they try, no one can stay balanced up there. Everyone forced on one falls off.”
