Why Pozzy? asks Terence.
It rhymes with Aussie, says Pierre-Louis.
Ha ha! laughs Terence.
I just made it up on the spur of the moment, says Gaius. Opossum was funnier.
They were both pretty funny, says Pierre-Louis. Which one made you laugh the most, Terence?
Pozzy, says Terence. Opossum is stupid.
Not at all, says Gaius. Perhaps you failed to understand it.
What's to understand? says Terence. Banjo just added an O onto possum.
But the possum was Irish, says Gaius. That was the funny part.
Terence looks blank. How was it the funny part?
Gaius tries to think of a way to explain it.
Remember Daniel O'Connell? asks Gaius.
YES! says Terence. He was our spider.
He travelled with us, for a time, says Gaius,. He was never our spider.
Where is he? asks Terence.
Probably deceased now, says Gaius. But the point is, he was Irish. Oh wait, no he wasn't.
Not a good start, says Pierre-Louis.
He was Romanian, says Gaius. We discovered him in an underground cave.
Yes! says Terence. He gave dancing lessons!
That was later, says Gaius. He was used to breathing underground gases. But he came up with us, and learned to breathe above ground.
Then he gave dancing lessons, says Terence.
May I ask why he was called Daniel O'Connell? asks Pierre-Louis.
Let me see, says Gaius. Oh yes, I remember. On his way out of the cave, he overheard a conversation about Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator, and he adopted the name.
O'Spider, says Terence.
No, says Gaius. Daniel O'Connell. My point is O'Connell begins with a O like many Irish names.
Oscar Wilde! Pierre-Louis. Wasn't he Irish?
Are you being funny? says Gaius. Oscar is not an example. Think O'Malley, O'Dowd and O'Leary.
And O'Gaius, and O'Pierre-Louis, says Terence.
I suppose so, says Gaius.
Banjo's mother reappears, having run down the tree from the hollow.
A joke from Banjo's dad, says Banjo's mother. What do you get when you cross a bull and a possum?
Impossum-bull! says Gaius.
It's not quite the right answer, but Pierre-Louis thinks it is funny.
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