we all understand him by now . `` i 'd like to go fishing with you the next time you take the afternoon off . '' i called my lawyer on the way to the airport , signed over the house and wrote her a check . i brushed her hair from her shoulders . im dale , he said as he looked over his appointment book . and why she asked ... '' `` asked what ? '' `` because i ca n't think straight when i ca n't feel my arms or my legs . '' 