Dr. Seuss...

Echolalia is a funny thing, (look it up, I'm not going to explain the mechanism) where the person typically repeats the last few words of the sentence you said to them.  It's caused me problems before in taking a history, so, having learned my lesson, I did the only thing a reasonable health care professional would do while taking a useless history from a patient:

Me:  "How are you doing today?"

Patient:  "Doing today..."

Me:  "Ah, I see.."

Patient:  "See..."

Me:  "I do not like green eggs and ham."

Patient:  "Like green eggs and ham."

Me:  "I do not like them with a fox."

Patient:  "With a fox."

Me:  "I do not like them in a box."

Patient:  "In a box."

Me:  "I do not like green eggs and ham."

Patient:  "Eggs and ham."

Me:  "I do not like them..."

Patient:  "Sam-I-am."  (no really, he actually completed it.)

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