House's Tennis Ball

Item from House M.D. by David Shore

The red and gray ball House throws against his office wall when he's thinking — a sensory metronome for a brain that works best when the body is occupied with something rhythmic and pointless.

Also known as: The Ball, Thinking Ball

What They Know

• Red and gray ball House throws against his office wall — a thinking aid that signals he's deep in diagnostic processing
• The rhythmic throwing is House's version of meditation — physical repetition that frees the subconscious to make connections

Connections

• used_by — house
• located_in — houses_office

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