I Didn't Even Pay Him to Say That

The story we were reading ended with, "Tom has a fat, fat bag!"

JEROME JEROME THE METRONOME: Why did it say "fat" twice?

A RANDOM STRANGER: Sometimes you repeat a word to show you really mean it. Like if I said, "I have a tasty, tasty brownie," it would mean I had a really tasty brownie. Or if I said, "You're a cute, cute kid," it would mean you're a really cute kid.

JEROME: Or like if I said you're an awesome, awesome dad?

Full disclosure: his birthday is less than two weeks away. He might just be angling for a gift upgrade. (It's not too hard to upgrade from "jack squat.")