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suggestion, a problem. He didn’t land, he never
landed. I never saw him land. Maybe he did at home.
But I saw him at home. We would look into the
fridge to see what we were going to cook. It was
like bringing a Martian to some domestic appliance.
He would look into it, searching his brain to
remember what all of this meant, what function all
of this played in reality. He was perfectly capable
of handling a beer, or a Coca-Cola, and he knew
what a lamb chop looked like. I’m sounding foolish,
but it’s true. There was something extraordinary
about the way he behaved in domestic life. It was a
great waste for example to go into the detail of
looking for the perfect wine and bringing it to him