Couch Teen: Hey Mom! Catch!
Me: NO! WHAT? NO! WHAT?
(He throws me our family's Hoberman sphere, and I catch it handily, because I am wily and quick and will never forget that time when I was 18 and missed catching the Heineken bottle and it knocked my teeth out. Motivation to succeed.)
Couch Teen: Take a look at it.
Me: OK. Ball goes in...
...ball goes out.
Couch Teen: Look closer. Look at the connectors!
Me: What? WHAT?
Couch Teen: THEY ARE SWASTIKAS!
Me: !!!
Me: So...is this Hitler's undescended ball?
Couch Teen: HAHAHAHAH!
Me: HA!
Couch Teen: That's terrible.
Me: Yes. Now get back to work.
HOW SCIENCE & HISTORY GOES AT MY HOUSE
Monday, June 14, 2010