Sunday, June 16, 2019

The Sunday Funnies

Left and right are such tricky concepts.  I've tried to explain that if you turn around, what's on the left and right change.  Of course, it turns out this only applies to stationary objects.  Dorothy asked me if her thumb was on her right hand or left; I answered that it was her right; then she ran to the back of me and said, "Now it's my left thumb!"

I was trying to explain sarcasm.  "What is a food you really don't like?" I asked.  "Cheeseballs," Dorothy answered.  "Okay," I said, "If it was your birthday and I gave you a big container of cheeseballs as a present, you might say, 'Oh, thank you so much...you know how much I love cheeseballs!'  But what you really mean is that you don't like them at all."  She processed this, then added, "But for real I would burst into tears."

I have a few scented body sprays that Dorothy likes to use.  Her favorite is Sweet Pea, a Bath and Body Works scent.  This morning, she asked if she could use the "green pea spray".

Big Daddy installed a swingset in his backyard.  Dorothy told me, "I'm glad Big Daddy got this swingset.  Are you glad?"  "Yes," I said.  "Why are you glad?" Dorothy asked.  "I'm just glad," I answered.  "Are you glad because now the grown-ups don't have to play with the kids?"

Dorothy watched me typing a password.  "Why are you typing 'dot dot dot dot dot dot?'" she asked.