Yesterday, we were in the van on the way to town when Jude pipes up.
"Mom, I know how to make a hundred and five dollars!"
"Really? One hundred and five?" I asked, thinking the number of choice a little odd. In my mind, I'm imagining what scheme he might be about to relate. Sell 105 rocks for a dollar each? Get 105 people to give you a buck if you can skip for a minute? Hand-drawn counterfeits of a one hundred- and a five-dollar bill? Who knows with this kid, right?
"Yep. You take five, and you add a hundred to it, and that's how you get a hundred and five!"
Ah. Simply working out the addition of the numbers. Now I get it. Only one thing missing.
"And then you have to put a dollar sign in front," I added.
"Oh."
Now, if only he could make a dollar for every time the perfectly correct usage of the English language ambiguously implies multiple meanings, he could be a millionaire!
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4 comments
There's a little Warren Buffet in the making!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteI miss you guys!!!! :(
ReplyDeleteVicki - Hee! If he could make the money, and keep his morals, I'd be okay with it...
ReplyDeletePaul - Hiya! I've been thinking about you lately--but have been a little allergic to my computer, therefore have not been over to your blog. I hope you are having a great summer!
Mom - Us, too, you! :-(
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