Danger Monkey, age 9: “You should copy me.”
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “OK, climb on the copy machine and I will copy you.”
DM: “No, you’re taking my idiom literally. Do you even know what an idiom is?”
LMT: “Um… YES.”
DM: “An idiom is something that isn’t literal. Like, you’re driving me crazy.”
LMT: “I can’t drive you crazy!”
DM: “Right. It’s not literal.”
LMT: “No, I’m only 6. I don’t have a drivers license.”
Friends are visiting.
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Hey, you!”
My Friend Dave: “Me?”
LMT: “Yes. You should help me find the remote to turn up the TV because your baby is being really loud.”
Dave: “OK, that’s fair, actually.”
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Does the syrup bottle go in the fridge or the cabinet?”
Me: “Does the label say refrigerate after opening?”
LMT: (reading) “Yes!”
Me: “Then it goes in the fridge.”
[20 minutes later]
Me: “Why is the syrup bottle in the fridge with the cap off???”
LMT: “It says to put it in with the cap off.”
Me: “It says… what?”
LMT: (pointing to label) “See… Refrigerate after opening.”
Me: (slow blink) “You’re absolutely right.”
Very Vocal Viking 