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23 March 2009

Why?

post by: ooga_booga at: 16:58 | 9 comments

Hilarious!

posted by Atom Eyes 23 March | 17:29

This is why I don't have kids, I got a D in chemistry.

posted by desjardins 23 March | 17:30

I LOVE THIS DAD! Man, I try and do the same (right down to the greek and latin roots of words) but I flunked chemistry so I'm basically just winging it and always running out of answers before reaching the holy grail of "I don't get it".

posted by dabitch 23 March | 17:53

A boy asked his mom, "Why is the sky blue?"

Mom answered, "You should ask your father."

Replied the disappointed son, "I didn't want to know that much about it."

posted by trinity8-director 23 March | 17:58

DAD: And can you say ‘hydrophobic’?

SARAH: Aidrofawwic

...

SARAH: (rolls her eyes) I thought we were talking about soap.

DAD: We are talking about soap.

(longish pause)

SARAH: Why?

Beautiful.

posted by lysdexic 23 March | 19:28

When I was a kid the correct answers were: "Because," "Ask your mother," and "How the hell should I know?"

posted by jonmc 23 March | 20:57

Adorable! Must send this to my parents.

I, too, learned young to pick the time and place for in-depth questioning of parental motives, when said parents are (among other things) a psychologist and an ethicist/theologian. "Why" indeed. :/

posted by notquitemaryann 23 March | 23:27

johmc, now the correct answers are "google it" or "look it up on wikipedia".

posted by goshling 24 March | 06:29

But why?

posted by lysdexic 24 March | 11:45

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