Going The Distance

(My brother has been visiting me at my university residence in one of the more outer suburbs. I am now driving him to his residence at a different university in the centre of the city. When he first started university he walked the very far distance with his friend, who later became his girlfriend.)

Brother: “I can’t believe I walked this.”

Me: “Yup. You’re crazy.”

Brother: “And in the middle of the night!”

Me: “Crazy.”

Brother: “In the rain!”

Me: “Like I said, crazy.”

Brother: “Barefoot! In my pyjamas!”

Me: “Very crazy.”

Brother: “With a strange girl I didn’t even know!”

Me: “You realise you’re now dating her, right?”

Brother: “I am crazy!”