February 04, 2005 - 12:42 pm

I remember hearing George Carlin years ago in one of his standup routines marveling at the English language. He remarked how anyone could fairly easily make a completely new sentence that no one had ever before uttered or even thought. His example was something like, �I�m going down to the ballpark to beat up Hitler�s wife,� or something to that effect.

Since having children, I�ve thought often about this on hearing some of the crazy things my kids say, and even on hearing myself say things I never dreamed I would say, such as, �Don�t chop your sister�s hand off,� or �Take that diaper off the cat.�

But the best line of all time has to be something the Boy asked me in all earnestness yesterday:

�Mom, how did you ever figure out that monkeys aren�t really controlling the traffic lights?�

~Samantha

recommended:
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viewing - Bugs Bunny
listening -"Particle Man" by They Might Be Giants

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