HOW SCIENCE & HISTORY GOES AT MY HOUSE

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.