inside the front entrance of the main building was a large waiting room , with hard wooden benches for patients and visitors . his ability to use the f-word in so many ways was quite impressive . none of this made sense , but a horrible sensation slithered up my back . well , it turns out we evolved from an animal like a weasel about forty million years ago . `` they had retired from our community ten years prior , '' grandpa said . she could n't understand what he was saying . they both knew how to work a crowd . 