Caboose

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

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When my brother Erik was little he used to call the caboose on a train a "heckaboose." I don't know why. Obviously it adds a syllable to an already challenging word. Is it because language was too easy for him? Was it because he was so advanced he needed to challenge himself? Is it because he was from another planet and was struggling to learn our language?

Yeah. That last one.