Tattling
June 30, 2018
Me: You did not get a lollipop for inaccurately tattling on your brother.
Baldy
June 29, 2018
Six-Year-Old: You killed baldy. You killed baldy. You killed baldy. You killed baldy.
Reading
June 28, 2018
Six-Year-Old: Don’t shoot me in the back of the head while I’m reading!
Sparkly
June 27, 2018
Me: Is that a blue poop?
Fourteen-Year-Old: Yes, a blue, sparkly poop.
Gigantic
June 26, 2018
Fourteen-Year-Old [singing]: Good-bye, Little Sebastian. Good-bye, Little Sebastian.
Me: “That is a gigantic tiny horse penis.”
Fourteen-Year-Old: That’s a fashion.
Monocling
June 25, 2018
Friend: I am not a member of the monocling community, so I don’t know if lubrication is a thing, but I’m guessing not.
Exhibit
June 24, 2018
Friend: I saw the back of my head yesterday. There was an exhibit at the science museum.
Theme
June 23, 2018
Friend: Also, I have attempted to hum the X-Files theme.
Me: “Also”?
Appreciated
June 22, 2018
Me: I am unsure at what level of irony this is supposed to be appreciated.
Marble
June 21, 2018
Wife: He’s not well marbled. He’s a marble.