Friday, October 15, 2010

Mathematical relativism, the beautiful butterfly, and laziness...

Last night...
Bryan:  ... 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 58, 47, 73, 14, ...
Jacob:  No Bryan, that's not how it goes. 
Bryan:  (offended)  I get to decide for myself... 16, 42, 36, ...
Jacob:  No, Bryan,...
Bryan:  (deeply offended)  Mommy, Jacob is trying to be in charge of me.
The mathematician in me is concerned at the mathematical relativism.
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The Beautiful Butterfly is our new favorite picture book.  It looks like a sweet, sentimental story.  David was adamantly opposed to hearing it.  A sweet butterfly loses her little mouse husband to a hungry fish.  All of nature mourns for her by dropping leaves, singing laments, ... (SPOILER ALERT)  A king comes along and decides to join in the grieving process.  To show his sorrow, he takes off his robe and runs around in his royal underwear.  The brothers h laughed until they could laugh no more.  Then they took off their clothes, put on their robes and acted out the royal underwear scene ad nauseum.*
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This is what you find when you tell a seven year old boy (mine at least) to put the rest of snack up in the fridge.
*The mouse is regurgitated when the fish laughs at the underwear shenanigans.

2 comments:

  1. mathematical relativism- hmmm. By the way the fridge picture made me ROFL

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  2. We need the counting and royal underwear scene in the 2010 family movie!! My love, Nan

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