at least we wouldnt need to worry about being eaten alive . `` are we going to address the elephant in the room ? '' you know with the sensation-thing ? just screw him and get it over with . `` who knows what might have happened if those trusty binoculars of yours had been broken ? '' you should see me walk blue . however strange my circumstances , and however out of place i might be , it was somehow very comforting to realize that these were truly other people . 