Kids do not listen
Recently Zak and his wife welcomed their first child (who, I have just learned, has a name with the initials N and G for the first and middle names, respectively—in a country where “NG” is widely used as shorthand for “No Good") into the world. Congratulations to the Bravermans!
Anyway, not long ago, Zak was commenting on his primary parenting goal, that of not screwing up his kid. This prompted Les of Stupid Evil Bastard to remark in Zak’s comments section that “[Kids] do listen even when it seems like they don’t…”
I’m sure this is true some of the time, but an incident that occurred just today in my family suggests otherwise. To understand it, though, you need to know that my daughter was born in 2000, which means that George Bush has been president for as far back as her memory goes. For as long as she can remember, she has heard her father complain about the president, make exasperated sounds and roll his eyes whenever the president is on TV, and occasionally yell at the screen during the president’s infrequent press conferences. Still, this afternoon when she saw George Bush on the TV news, she said, “Look, it’s Daddy’s friend!”
Well, no, dear, not quite.
ROTFLMAO!!!
I hope you spanked her…
Ah, but don’t you see? She did listen, she just misinterpreted what she heard. That or she’s developing a very sophisticated sense of sarcasm for a four year old.
If I can assume, Les, that she has inherited her mother’s sense of humor, then her remarks probably were very much intended to make fun of me.
UltraBob, to within a mere inch of her life.
I think it is the sarcasm, Dad. GWB wants to be everyone’s friend, doesn’t he? I am getting that impression watching his current stump speeches. Love you, Mom
No, I think the point is that Bush wants everyone to think they are his friend--at least until Nov. 3, after which he would very much like to get back to screwing everyone who is not a member of his inner circle of really rich friends.
You and Les are probably right about the sarcasm, though.
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