jude: dava, did you have a bad dream?
dava: uh-huh.
jude: was it a nightmare, or a skeleton?
dava: no, it wasn’t a nightmare. it was just unpleasant.
jude: oh. was it a skeleton? that was saying ‘stupid’ and ‘dumb’ and kicking and being mean? (he sneezes twice.)
dava: god bless you.
jude: thank you.
*
jude: what’s that? (pointing at phone screen)
dava: that’s an icon.
jude: what’s an icon?
dava: a symbol.
jude: what’s a symbol?
dava: …so, that takes you to your home screen…
jude: what’s a home screen?
*
daddy: boy, it’s really winter out here today.
jude: it sure is.
daddy: it’s cold out.
jude: …what do you mean, ‘holed out’?
daddy: (shivering) context, jude. …context.
*
Dammit, daddy! Quit suppressing the boy’s natural creativity and/or lack of frame of reference. It keeps him warm.
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you know, i swear i’ve had this conversation before. hahahaha.
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