A sampling (a very small sampling) of the 4000 question game we play while we watch Star Wars for the 83rd time:
1. Is that outerspace? - Yes
2. Are those robots? - Yes, they're called droids in this movie
3. Are those real guns? - No honey, they're plastic
4. Are those bad guys? - Yes
5. Are they Storm Troopers? - Yes
6. Are they fighting with the good guys? - Yes
7. Why are they fighting? - 'Cause they want to find the rebel base, that' where the good guys are hiding.
8. Is that Darth Vader? - Yes
9. Does he have the force? - Yes
10. Is he a bad guy? - Yes
11. Does he have the dark side? - Yes
12. Is Star Wars real? - No, it's all a story. Everybody on the TV is just pretending. It's all people in costumes pretending to be aliens and robots and bad guys. They're called actors.
13, Is that a person in a costume? - Yes
14. Is that a person in a costume? - Yes
15. Is that a person in a costume? - Yes
16. Is that a person in a costume? - Yes
17. Is that a person in a costume? - Yes
18. Is that a person in a costume? - Yes
19. Is that a person in a costume? - Yes
20. Is Luke Skywalker real? - He's a person pretending to be Luke Skywalker.
21. Is the force real? - No
22. Yes it is - OK
23. The force is real! - OK
24. The. Force. Is. Real! - Yes, the force is real...
24. When are they going to get to the fighting part again?
Showing posts with label conversations with monkeys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conversations with monkeys. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
If Only It Were That Easy
Al: Mom, could you do a web search for me?
Me: Sure, what are you looking for?
Al: I wanna do a contest. Could you type in "contest" in the google box? I wanna win a prize.
Me: You should be more specific, there are tons and tons and tons of prize sites on the web. Tell me what kind of contest you want.
Al: Ok. Ummm... type in "kids can win". No, type in "win big bag of money". Yeah, I want to win a big bag of money. Type that in the google box.
Me: Sure, what are you looking for?
Al: I wanna do a contest. Could you type in "contest" in the google box? I wanna win a prize.
Me: You should be more specific, there are tons and tons and tons of prize sites on the web. Tell me what kind of contest you want.
Al: Ok. Ummm... type in "kids can win". No, type in "win big bag of money". Yeah, I want to win a big bag of money. Type that in the google box.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
5 Year Old Wii Trash Talk
Says Al to his animated video game opponent:
"You're going down like a skunk in a stinky truck!"
"You're going down like a skunk in a stinky truck!"
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Dialogue Between a Five and a Three Year Old
Harry: (pretending to snatch his brother's nose from his face) I got your nose!
Al: No you don't.
Harry: (waving his little clenched fist) Yes I do. I got your nose!
Al: No you don't!... Give it back!
Harry: I'm going to eat it!
Al: NOOOO! You can't eat it it's my nose!
Harry: (gleefully shoving the imaginary nose in his mouth) Yummy! I ate your nose. I ate your nose.
Al: (launching himself at his little brother) Ahhhhh!!! Give it back! Give it back!
Voice of Reason: Stop it! Stop it! You boys are fighting over an imaginary nose!
Al: But he ate it! He ate it! Tell him to give me my nose back!
Harry: (pretending to snatch his brother's nose from his face) I got your nose!
Al: No you don't.
Harry: (waving his little clenched fist) Yes I do. I got your nose!
Al: No you don't!... Give it back!
Harry: I'm going to eat it!
Al: NOOOO! You can't eat it it's my nose!
Harry: (gleefully shoving the imaginary nose in his mouth) Yummy! I ate your nose. I ate your nose.
Al: (launching himself at his little brother) Ahhhhh!!! Give it back! Give it back!
Voice of Reason: Stop it! Stop it! You boys are fighting over an imaginary nose!
Al: But he ate it! He ate it! Tell him to give me my nose back!
Harry: (pretending to snatch his brother's nose from his face) I got your nose!
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