Wednesday, May 12, 2004

As Brianna begins discussing her bear's eating habits in detail, I say . . . "Eeuuuw! Brianna--Remember I don't like to hear about all that yucky stuff."
"That's okay, MOm, 'cuz mostly Bear likes fish. So he sits by the river and then leans in and ---"
"Brianna! I don't like to hear about the yucky sstuff."
"But, Mom, this isn't yucky stuff."
"Oh? It isn't yucky? Being eaten isn't yucky to the fish?"
"No, it isn't. It's terifying to the fish. So anyway, Bear leans out over the river and . . . "
I give up.

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Three disturbing "useless statistics" I just learned:

>> The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

>> The average person will spend 2 weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.

>> More than 2,500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.