Monday, January 21, 2013

Overheard

For my twenty-oneth birthday, I think I'll have a delicious severe of beer.
- Boookie, age 7  [We think he meant reserve, as in "special reserve lager."]

I used to be a crab.  Now I'm a civilian.
-Ela, age 5

Eating red bell peppers makes my mouth feel all calm.  Also, they sharpen my teeth.
-Boookie, age 7

Daddy, Daddy, see computer!  I go pee-paw in da twilet!
-Seimi, age 2  [There was indeed a photo of him on the computer, triumphantly pointing to his achievement.]

I was just reading your Sindarin inscription.  I think you left out a vowel.
-Whitney, age 31  [She was right!]