So Jr is what we call an embellisher. He randomly makes up numbers, which us physicists call stats, as a way to support his statements. He will say something like 99% of 3rd graders are Yankees fans, when we all know that first, 99% of 3rd graders are not Yankees fans, second, he did not poll all third graders nor read a study that did poll all third graders, and finally there is no way that 99% of third graders even know who the Yankees are. Since you read that, you can probably figure out that Jr is a Yankees fan. This fact breaks my heart and confuses DP. I am far from a Yankees fan. See I am a Braves fan and DP is a Braves fan. I have always been a Braves fan and except for about 8 years in the late 80-90s timeframe, it is difficult to be a Braves fan. To make things worse, those Damn Yankees are the reason we don't have more World Series Championships. The main reason he is a Yankees fan is because his past two Little League teams have been the Yankees. Also, Jr is what we call a Front Runner. He likes teams that are in the lead or doing well. DP understands that the team you go for is a family thing. See DP is a Braves fan and a Falcons fan, because I am a fan of both of them. It is a family thing. Jr. doesn't care. Not only is he a Yankees fan, but he is also a Patriots fan. Two stabs to the heart by my young Brutus.
Now some times his embellishing or "creativity" (DP calls it lying) is funny. Last night was one of those times. We were eating dinner and the kids started singing a few songs and talking about jingles. Like "I am just a Bill", "Conjunction Conjunction"; both of which are from School House Rock, which was a great Saturday show when I was a kid. Then Jr asked did we know the one about Adjectives, which DP had to tell him the word adjectives (Jr described what he was thinking about and DP told him he meant adjectives. This was my first clue that an embellishment was on its way.). I couldn't remember one about adjectives nor could SuperMom. So during dinner, Jr decides to sing it. He starts with "Adjectives are the words, the words that describe other words; words like turd. They are thick and brown ..." I had to stop him there and tell him that I am sure that was never a School House Rock song. I would bet every dollar I have that School House Rock never sang about turds. Apparently. since the day this boy was born, he has be driven to talk about poop, especially at dinner. At least our conversation is rarely boring.
Now some times his embellishing or "creativity" (DP calls it lying) is funny. Last night was one of those times. We were eating dinner and the kids started singing a few songs and talking about jingles. Like "I am just a Bill", "Conjunction Conjunction"; both of which are from School House Rock, which was a great Saturday show when I was a kid. Then Jr asked did we know the one about Adjectives, which DP had to tell him the word adjectives (Jr described what he was thinking about and DP told him he meant adjectives. This was my first clue that an embellishment was on its way.). I couldn't remember one about adjectives nor could SuperMom. So during dinner, Jr decides to sing it. He starts with "Adjectives are the words, the words that describe other words; words like turd. They are thick and brown ..." I had to stop him there and tell him that I am sure that was never a School House Rock song. I would bet every dollar I have that School House Rock never sang about turds. Apparently. since the day this boy was born, he has be driven to talk about poop, especially at dinner. At least our conversation is rarely boring.