My The Five Common Thinking Errors

Paul Merrill

My friend Timmy says that all girls like people who play hockey because his cousin Charlie, who doesn't play hockey,  doesn't have a girlfriend.  (1)

Timmy believes that Charlie doesn't like girls because he doesn't  play hockey.  (2)

When Charlie accuses Timmy of liking girls too much and therefore not having any "guy" friends, Timmy yells "How do you know that you don't have any friends! " (3)

Timmy later tells Charlie that girls like hockey players because "I can't help it, they just do." (4)

When talking to a group of young ladies, Charlie seems to be on a roll, but Timmy comes over and takes the girl's attention away from Charlie.  Charlie then randomly says "I just got into Yale and I had  4.3 in high school" (5)