Floorboard
January 31, 2023
Eleven-Year-Old: That is the fartiest floorboard.
Cockatiel
January 30, 2023
Eleven-Year-Old: Dad, do you know what the deadliest bird on Earth is?
Me: A person dressed up as a cockatiel?
Stroke
January 29, 2023
Eighteen-Year-Old: The joke didn’t land nearly half as hard, because I had a stroke in the middle, but you know….
Hijack
January 27, 2023
Eleven-Year-Old: You interrupted us. We were trying to hijack the Invisible Hand.
PlayStation
January 26, 2023
Ex-Wife: Please don’t yell, “PlayStation Nine!” in my driveway, for a bunch of reasons.
Imaginable
January 25, 2023
Eighteen-Year-Old: I’ll call you tomorrow… probably… unless I forget.
Ex-Wife: That’s the weakest commitment imaginable.
Spinning
January 23, 2023
Eleven-Year-Old: Did you know Anakin’s kill count is the highest in The Phantom Menace?
Me: How does that compare to Legolas and Gimli?
Eleven-Year-Old: Did Legolas and Gimli destroy a Trade Federation battleship?
Me [highland Scottish accent]: Let’s try spinning. That’s a good trick.
Rough
January 22, 2023
Fifteen-Year-Old: I hate sand.
Eleven-Year-Old: It’s coarse. It’s rough. It’s…. Do you really hate sand?
Fifteen-Year-Old: No, of course! Who hates sand?