Thursday, December 23, 2010

Conversational Snippet #6: Other People Don't Seem to Make These Kinds of Connections.

[The Boy and I are walking home with two pizzas.  The Boy is carrying them both.  Halfway to our destination, he slides out the bottom box and puts it on top.]

Me: Hey, it's like bees!  You did a bee thing!

Boy: Huh?

Me: Bees hibernate in winter in a big clump, and every so often they'll switch it up so the outside bees get to be on the inside.  They take turns keeping each other warm.

Boy: Okay...

Me: ...Well, in the case of the pizzas, heat rises, right?  So by bringing the bottom pizza to the top...

Boy: Ah, I understand.

Me: NO YOU DON'T.  NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND MY MIGHTY POWERS OF BEE LOGIC.

Boy: "Blogic!"

Me: Yes.

[Turns out The Boy had only shuffled the pizzas to keep his hands warm, which probably makes more sense.]

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