Me: What do you want for lunch?
A: Can I have that bread thing? That's like a bread, but made with eggs?
Me: ...?
A: An omelette?
Me: Sure, you can have an omelette. I'll put in some meat, okay? And some cheese and veggies. Do you want some peppers and zucchini?
A: No! But can I have ... what are those green things that I was eating at Grandma's all the time, from the garden? Not peppers, but ...
Me: Green onions?
A: Yep.
Me: We don't have green onions, but I could fry up a regular onion and some garlic to put in. And maybe some broccoli?
A: Okay.
My Mom: Boy, there aren't many kids your age that like onions so much.
A: But onions are precious!
Me: Onions are precious?
A: Yes! [singing, to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy]: Onions are so precious, they're little and they're cute! They are really yu-uh-mmy ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Conversation With a 7-Year-Old: Venom Edition
A: You know, poisonous animals use their poison for different things.
Me: Really?
A: Yep. They can use poison to paralyze their prey, or to kill.
Me: Interesting.
A: A scorpion has lots of poison. Like, there's one kind of scorpion that can paralyze people, if it stings you.
Grandmother: Really?
A: Yes. It can sting up to 50 people. I mean, up to 50 people per day.
Grandmother: So, if it wants to sting 51 people, what happens?
A: It can't. Up to 50. In one day.
Me: Really?
A: Yep. They can use poison to paralyze their prey, or to kill.
Me: Interesting.
A: A scorpion has lots of poison. Like, there's one kind of scorpion that can paralyze people, if it stings you.
Grandmother: Really?
A: Yes. It can sting up to 50 people. I mean, up to 50 people per day.
Grandmother: So, if it wants to sting 51 people, what happens?
A: It can't. Up to 50. In one day.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Conversation With a 7-Year-Old: Ladies Edition
A, to his squabbling cousins aged 4 and 5: Girls, stop it. You know I hate it when you two fight.
Conversation With a 7-Year-Old: Well Read Edition
A, from the back seat of the car: Mom, what's a 'telly'?
Me: Oh, that's English slang for television. We say TV, they say telly.
A: Ok, that means that Matilda's dad didn't think she needed books because she could watch their telly.
Me: That's right.
A: But you know what I like even more than the telly?
Me: What's that?
A: The BRAIN telly. Know what the brain telly is?
Me: What?
A: It's what you see in your head when you read books. It's more real.
Me: Oh, that's English slang for television. We say TV, they say telly.
A: Ok, that means that Matilda's dad didn't think she needed books because she could watch their telly.
Me: That's right.
A: But you know what I like even more than the telly?
Me: What's that?
A: The BRAIN telly. Know what the brain telly is?
Me: What?
A: It's what you see in your head when you read books. It's more real.
Conversation With a 7-Year-Old: Animal Husbandry Edition
A, on the phone to his Dad, who is on gerbil duty: I have one more question for you. Well, it’s not really a
question. It’s “if you see lots of gerbil poop, you have healthy gerbils.”
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