January 27, 2006 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
(Special! Bonus! Friday! Mini-entry!)
Me: Hey buddy, I hear you got a time out at recess.
Monkey: … yeah…
Me: Wanna tell me what happened?
Monkey: No thank you!
Me: Yeah, um, it’s not really optional.
Chickadee: Yeah, Monkey, that was a returgical question.
Me: Rhetorical. And not exactly.
Chickadee: That’s what I SAID. *huffy sigh*
Me: Okay. Monkey? What happened?
Monkey: We were playing a GAME.
Me: And…?
Monkey: Miss Teacher thought I tackled C.
Me: Did you?
Monkey: No!
Me: Okay. Did C… fall down? And then maybe… you fell on top of him?
Monkey: It’s not like he was CRYING or anything.
Me: Oh, well then.
Posted by Mir @ 4:01 pm
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Ha! He is great. Not like he was crying.
Also, you can hear this way too frequently in my house:
Parent: How about we change that poopy diaper?
Child: No, thank you!
January 27th, 2006 at 4:07 pmHey! I ask returgical questions all the time. It must be one of those traits that skip a generation.
Thanks for the bonus.
January 27th, 2006 at 4:22 pmhe’s got the makings of the perfect politician.
January 27th, 2006 at 4:22 pmWell, if he wasn’t crying, I really don’t see what the problem is. Those teachers. So nitpicky. And those mommies and their returgical questions. Sheesh, women, get off his back already!
January 27th, 2006 at 4:56 pmI’m picturing Monkey saying “but Moo-ooom, he hit me back first!”.
Returgical questions are my new favorite kind.
January 27th, 2006 at 11:23 pmI’m fairly sure if the incident is void or tears and blood, then it doesn’t really count…at least that’s what I’ve been lead to believe from the smallish boy
January 28th, 2006 at 10:58 amIt’s all in the telling.
Oh, and I have it on good authority adults just don’t understand.
January 28th, 2006 at 11:39 am