Today I decided to do some of those “stumper” questions on Jaden. It’s how I teach my kids valuable lessons, like I did with Caitlin and the word “gullible”.
Play along!
Me: Hey Jaden, what color was George Washington’s white horse?
Jaden: I don’t know. What?
Me (repeating with emphasis): What color was George Washington’s WHITE horse?
Jaden (smiling): Oh, White!
Me: Good job. What do you put into a toaster?
Jaden (thinking): Toast!
Me: No, you get toast out of a toaster. You put bread in a toaster.
Jaden: Oh… (smiles again)
Me: What do cows drink?
Jaden: Uh, milk!
Me: No, you get milk out of cows. Cows drink water.
Jaden (pauses): Baby cows drink milk…
Me: (stumped)
Dangit. I hate losing this game.
Cows should drink beer. I could use some beermilk that I can pour over my breakfast cereal to get my day started.
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Dave2 – remember in Night Court, Michael Keaton having the idea to feed mayonnaise to the tuna?
Night Shift.
Call Starkist
Schooled! Reminds me of a joke my nephew told me: Q: A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for only three days, and rides out of town on Friday. How is that possible?
A: Friday is his horse.
Ba dum bum!
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jenny – I’d classify that as a brain teaser more than a joke, and those are EVEN BETTER for kids!
I love getting stumped by my kid!
It just doesn’t happen too often….
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Sybil Law – such as it is with grasshoppahs. *sniff*
Too Funny!
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Janelle – thanx!
You can totally put toast in a toaster if you need to toast it more, too. And George Washington’s white horse was actually purple. True story.
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Avitable – the question wasn’t “what CAN you put in a toaster” because there are many answers to that. But I agree – I usually make toast for my egg+cheese sandwiches, and for those, I like it lightly toasted. But sometimes it’s too light, so re-toasting is called for.
However, I should point out that Battlestar fans answer that question with “lots of bullets”.
LOL CATS!!!!!!
Raganator – POTATO SALAD!
Go JADEN!! That’s awesome…and I vote for Dave’s idea!
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Tug – if I got a nickel for everytime Dave2 had a good idea…
I’m thinking my kids will love this game!
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Fantastigirl – if you get some good ones, let us know!
That was hilarious. Jaden is a mini-you.
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Poppy – except he’s cuter. and smarter.
It’s my understanding that the above post will now be used as a basic literacy exam in the state of Texas.
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Faiqa – we got rid of those pesky exams. We now just ask that you know how to clean and load your rifle.
Hah! Ya know at one of the RIDE programs (where cops set up shop and stop you to make sure you aren’t drinking) I had a cop ask me some mind warp questions too — one of them being “what do cows drink?” I replied the same – milk, and he said “No! They drink water!” and I was like “well ya, but they start out drinking milk!” and he laughed…cause its true. And I’m rambling. AHH sorry
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Sarcastica – usually the cops just ask me if I’m carrying any weapons. I usually respond with “what do you need?” /stevenwright.
Jaden is a genius! And Jasmine likes Fred too so she must be a genius too. I haven’t been by because I thought you stopped blogging due to your richness from that e-mail thing.
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marilyn – I’m glad you noticed – I’ve actually hired an outside consultant to do my blogging for me, and the comments. Even now, I’m talking as if I’m me, but really it’s a consultant. A very attractive, funny, smart consultant who is awesome.
Sucks when your kid is smarter than you, sucks even more when your cat is smarter than you (guess which one is about me).
Robin – are you the cat?
Smart little man! (oh hey! that’s my blog badge in your sidebar! thx!….sorry that distracted me, lol). Here’s a question I saw on a t-shirt the other day. Let me know if you have the answer:
If you own land, do you own it all the way to the center of the earth?
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BB – or the related question: “When you own land, do you own everything above it, all the way to heaven?” and was the subject of a neat Science Fiction story about the man who owned the Moon because he owned the parcel of land that was directly under it.