Dad (calling home around 5:45 on a Thursday afternoon): “Hey, Buddy, why aren’t you at football practice?"
VQNYO: “It’s Thursday, Dad. I have practice on Wednesday and Friday.”Dad: “But they called a special practice for tonight.”
VQNYO: “Nobody told me about a special practice.”
Dad: “Oh, wait…my bad. The special practice is just for the really good players.”
VQNYO: (without missing a beat) “Yeah? It must stink to be one of the really good players because the great players are home watching TV.”
(that's my boy)
Unwriting progress: From the original 150,000 words down to 117,548.
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8 comments:
LOL! Obviously takes after his mother. :)
Actually, Maria, his mother is probably the sanest one of the bunch. I have to take responsibility (credit? blame?) for the chain-yanking dad. He's mine. The VQNYO is my grandson.
Glad I gave both of you a chuckle.
That's great. You've gotta be able to come up with quick witty one-liners like that to survive in life.
Stephen Tremp
That's great. You've gotta be able to come up with quick witty one-liners like that to survive in life.
Stephen Tremp
I wish I'd been smart enough to start saving this kid's one-liners as soon as he learned to talk. I'd have a whole book by now. He's a gem.
Great story, Linda. I teach 9-10 year-olds and I love listening to what they come up with.
Thanks, Mary. You should toss some of their lines into your blog sometime. Nothing we write can top what comes out of the mouths of kids.
VQNYO is going far!
And thanks for joining my blog!
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