"Mama," my eight-year-old son said. "Are you as old as a fossil?"
Hmmm. I had to do some calculating. "Yes, Bubba, I am as old as a fossil. In fact, I was around to see the first Tyrannosaurus Rex hatch out of its egg."
He looked at me kind of funny. "Really, Mama? Because that T Rex had to have a mommy and daddy T Rex to make him."
Oh. Yeah. The age old "What came first, the chicken or the egg?".
I gave that a little bit of thought. "It was a mutation, Bubba. The parents of the T Rex weren't exactly T Rexes. The baby I saw was the first real T Rex."
Bubba scratched his head. "Mama. You're making this stuff up. And you're only forty-one, so you're not as old as a fossil."
Right. So much for my great story!
This gave me a good laugh! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLOL Smart boy!
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder why he asked if I was as old as a fossil in the first place!
DeleteI just commented on a different site . . . I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone . . .
ReplyDeleteOf course you're in the Twilight Zone. You've entered my world!
Deletehaha, it sounds like ya had him going there for a minute ;)
ReplyDeleteMaybe. ;)
DeleteThanks for sharing, this made me chuckle which was badly needed.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Glad it brightened your day.
DeleteI thought it was a cool story. I can't wait to tell my son I used a typewriter and listened to records!
ReplyDeleteHa! I did that, too. Does that make us ancient?
DeleteI'm the one who's a fossil. You are barely past childhood.
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Ha! So were you around when single celled organisms were the only creatures to inhabit the oceans?
DeleteYes. Elvis Aaron Schwarz is even older than I am. Parts of him are fossilized.
DeleteFunny! I love how children process time ;D
ReplyDeleteSo cute~
They have no concept of time, do they?
DeleteLOL! This is absolutely darling :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! My son sure comes up with some good ones.
DeleteMaking stuff up is fun. :) I like how he ended up answering his own question.
ReplyDeleteMakes me wonder why he even asked in the first place.
DeleteHa! This made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteGlad you got a good chuckle out of it.
DeleteHahaha! Bubba knows T-Rex is definitely older than 41 years old!
ReplyDeleteNas
Yep. Isn't he brilliant?
DeleteBubba is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteSpawn did ask me whether I was around at the same time as dinosaurs, if TV was invented back in my days and alluded to the fact that I was so old, that I was basically on first names terms with Jesus. :)
Ha! Good one!
DeleteHe can do that math, your story was busted.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I guess he must be learning something in school.
DeleteWhen all else fails and you don't know the answer, just make it up. When called on it, look the skeptical in the eye and dare him, "Well, Google it, then."
ReplyDeleteHaha! Google knows all!
DeleteBubba's so funny as always. I enjoyed reading this first thing in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI can just imagine you sipping your coffee and chuckling at my kid's antics.
DeleteLOL! He might not have believed your story, but at least he no longer thinks you're as old as a fossil!
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Well, you can't argue with that logic ;D
ReplyDeleteHe's such a genius.
DeleteLOL, glad he figured out that you are not as old as a fossil. : )
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteAnd they say kids say the darndest things. I think it's Mama who says the darndest things--LOL! ;)
ReplyDeleteHa! Yeah, I come up with some good ones, don't I?
DeleteYou got yourself a great source of material between the kiddos and the pup.
ReplyDeleteI sure do. Maybe in my spare time I'll write a book about all of it!
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