I gotta admit, every once in a while Tez comes up with an idea that borders on brilliant.

She definitely deserves more credit for some of the amazing concepts that spawn in her brain yet which I get acknowledgment for.

I feel bad she is not given more praise and applause by others and that I get all the attention.

Lots of times I get credit for being the 鈥渦nusual鈥� or 鈥渁rtistic鈥� one with the 鈥渄ifferent鈥� ideas.

I hear folks whisper that sort of stuff as I strut into a room.

It鈥檚 as if folks perceive me as an inspiration or a trend-setter, the 鈥渟park plug鈥� of any group, so to speak.

I sense it often when Tez and I are out at events, especially with the sideways looks and eye-rolling directed my way.

I鈥檓 the one folks shrug their shoulders about with apparent confidence and then gossip about quietly as I walk by鈥攕o as to not feed my ego by hearing their constant praise.

鈥淗e鈥檚 a politician, ya know,鈥� folks whisper in huddled groups, looking concerned or empathetic, not trying to show how impressed they actually are.

Or, 鈥渋sn鈥檛 he that writer fellow鈥� they marvel as I trundle past, shaking their heads in disbelief at my humbleness.

I am always amused when they roll their fingers in circular motions near their brain indicating how my mind is always spinning with ideas and stuff.

Yup, gotta love fans.

However, sometimes I feel sorry for Tez because occasionally when we are out at events, I overhear comments like, 鈥淪o what is she doing with him?鈥� or, 鈥淚t must be difficult being around him a lot.鈥�

Clearly some folks must think Tez simply can鈥檛 keep up with my razor sharp intellect or dynamic popularity. It鈥檚 not true.

Clearly I have not painted her in the proper light in previous columns.

When it comes to profound strategy or simple simplistic trouble-solving Tez is in a league of her own.

Here鈥檚 a recent sample of her uncanny visionary skills.

鈥淲e need to build our own wall,鈥� Tez announced in exacerbation last night, turning off the latest news on the U.S. Rat Race, err鈥� election, with a sigh of worried weariness.

鈥淭his whole Donald Trump nightmare election sham is getting seriously scary now. If the Yanks are not careful their dangerous game will bite them really big.

鈥淐an you imagine how the world will react if he actually gets elected president?鈥� Teresa pontificated, thoughts shared by millions of Canadians.

鈥淪o, if after his election The Donald is going to build a big wall to keep out the Mexicans, then we need to build a wall to keep out Trump,鈥� Teresa grinned, revving up the sarcasm levels. 鈥淓xcept we will build it with a Canadian flavour.

鈥淚t will be crafted by Lego bricks the entire way, from sea to shining sea. What Canadian kid hasn鈥檛 had or played with Lego?

鈥淏y building with Lego there will be no concern regarding running out of material because Lego DNA remains unaltered.鈥�

(Lego was first started in 1948 and Lego bricks built then still fit with bricks built today. The same choice of colours and designs remain along with some additions.)

Any repair work down the road will pose no problem material-wise.

鈥淛ust think how many bricks are tucked away in basements and attics around the nation,鈥� Tez continued.

We could probably build the wall for free.

Canada could hold a national wall donation day rally and have folks bring down their Lego.

Better yet, we could throw a nation-wide party and just build the wall on a weekend. Gives the term, 鈥渏ust another brick in the wall鈥� a Canadian feeling.

鈥淵up, bring in some outdoor hockey rinks, live music, a gazillion Tim Hortons and we鈥檇 have that puppy built in no time,鈥� she carried on.

鈥淲e should probably build with white and red coloured bricks to begin with. A nice Canadian touch鈥攁nd build it politely as well. Not all that high. Sort of a nice fence.

鈥淚f that doesn鈥檛 get Donald to smarten up then we will just be forced to pile on a bunch more bricks.

鈥淲e have lots of Lego. Lego is clearly long lasting and recyclable. If we decide to tear it down later, or move it, or change the design, no problem. Flexible, adaptable, reusable鈥攈ow can we go wrong?

鈥淔unding should not be an issue because the federal government should pay for it. If the federal government can鈥檛 get a federal government grant, then who can?  We could establish a GO Trump Fund or something,鈥� Tez grinned.

鈥淚t should be an easy project to sell to the voters.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a Make Work Project and involves clean, light, technology.

鈥淔or safety we could place Tim Hortons franchises every few kilometers along the wall. Security will be well looked after.

鈥淲e will probably need to create a name for the wall. Maybe the Great Wall of Chump or something.鈥�

She suggested perhaps I could get city council to take it forward to the Union of B.C. Municipalities, and then the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for support.

鈥淥r better yet, hold on to it and then in case you run in the provincial election or something use the wall idea as a political blockbuster strategy idea.

鈥淚t will garner you lots of support, just like Trump鈥檚 wall is helping him.鈥�

Then, in true gracious Teresa style, she looked at me sweetly and added, 鈥淎nd you know honey, I don鈥檛 even want credit for this. Just tell people this was your idea.鈥�

Yup, my Tez is amazing alright. I get all the credit for being the smart one yet she is the engine behind the train.

That鈥檚 just not fair.