(edited for the CR audience)
Roger is dating a woman named Elaine. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither one of them is seeing anybody else.
And Roger is thinking: Gosh. Six months.
(There is a 15-second pause while Roger, thinking as fast as he can, tries to come up with a safe response. Finally he comes up with one that he thinks might work.)
(Elaine, deeply moved, says:)
(Elaine turns to face him , causing him to become very nervous
about what she might say next, especially if it involves a horse. At last she speaks.)
The next day Elaine will call her closest friend, or perhaps two of them, and they will talk about this situation for six straight hours. In painstaking detail, they will analyze everything she said and everything he said, going over it time and time again, exploring every word, expression, and gesture for nuances of meaning, considering every possible ramification. They will continue to discuss this subject, off and on, for weeks, maybe months, never reaching any definite conclusions, but never getting bored with it either.