Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Overheard

Mackenzie: "Hey Mom, look! I arranged my hoop earrings to represent the planets: Here's the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and way out here is Pluto."

"Cool! But Pluto's not a planet anymore, remember. They changed their minds. I feel pretty sorry for him; I bet it really hurt his feelings."

"Well, the good news is that he won't find out for a hundred-million-years."

10 comments:

sarah doow said...

Absolutely brilliant.

Anonymous said...

1) Why is Mac arranging her earrings in diagrams of the solar system?

2) Why could I not do that even if I TRIED?

3) What's up with this whole Pluto thing? I've heard rumors but like, seriously? Poof, he's gone? We've still got Mickey's puppy though, right? Or was he cast out of orbit as well?

Anonymous said...

teehee, i crack myself up!


love mac

Paige said...

1) That's just what she does. Since she was little she lined EVERYTHING up - shoes, beanie babies, blocks, groceries... Weird.

2) I'm supposing you didn't read books on the Solar System just for FUN? Again, weird.

3) Last year "they" reclassified the definition of "planet". Pluto no longer fits and is now called a "dwarf planet" along with 2 others - I forget their names. (This exhibited nerdiness may have just made #2 more clear...) As far as I know, "Pluto" the dog still upholds the requirements needed to be classified as a "dog". Goofy... I'm not so sure about.

Paige said...

And also...

I thought it was less weird that she was representing planets with hoop earrings than the fact that she actually had enough hoop earrings to represent all 9 planets and a sun...

Anonymous said...

Good point.

Irish Eyes said...

You're so tan and pretty and I'm glad you're back. You sound great.

Let's email soon!

Paige said...

Thanks, Bridge. I'm glad to be back too and have been missing you and wondering what's up with you. Incoming email soon. xo

Candi said...

Hehehehehe - I think this is where Biz gets it from...

Anonymous said...

i beg your pardon missy, it wasnt solar system books i preferred to read, it was Go Dog Go



....big dogs, little dogs, red dogs, blue dogs.