“Shut up!" He bellowed again, clearly very confused.

“Why do people say ‘shut up’? Shut what… My hand? My mouth? If you mean mouth than why did you add the ‘up’? You can’t shut your mouth down so it’s redundant. If you had just said ‘Shut’ I would have shut my mouth just the same. Actually, I probably wouldn't have, but that’s beside the point. See, the proper way to say it would be…”

“Would you… be quiet?!” Hom yelled.”