"We had a war going on between ANDS and BUTS, or, at least, I had a war going on between ANDS and BUTS. James believed BUT was a negative word that subtracted positive meaning from the first part of the sentence, and therefore he rarely used it. He would say things like, 'You’re doing a great job entering data into the computer AND when you file my papers I can’t seem to find them.' To counter his irrational elimination of BUT, I used it as frequently as possible in places where it was completely unnecessary: 'I really like oranges,' I’d say during lunch break, 'BUT I really like apples.'"