So, this is how it usually goes.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. I’m having trouble spelling ‘their’".

“Their? That was words and words ago.”

“Yeah, and I used up all my available memory storing the rest of what you were saying while I was trying to figure out how to spell it. You know I have trouble with that word from time to time.”

“I know but I still don’t know why that word holds us up. There are really only two ways to spell it, either ie or ei.”

“Yeah, I know but sometimes both look kind of right or both look kind of wrong.”

“Can’t you just flat out memorize how it’s spelled?”

“You know it sometimes doesn’t work that way.”

“What about memorizing that ‘i’ before ‘e’ rule doesn’t apply?”

“Yeah, that usually works but I still doubt myself sometimes. You’ve been in on the debates.”

“Yeah. Well, do you have it spelled right yet?”

“Yup. You may proceed, just make sure I don’t type the word ‘the’ as a capital I or leave out the word not in a sentence. You really should proofread what I write.”

“I thought you didn’t like me proofreading because I usually end up making massive edit changes.”

“Yeah, that’s true. Maybe you could proofread it with one eye closed?”

“Somehow, I don’t think that would work.”