My parents are due to arrive shortly.
A: How many minutes till Mubby and Skittergramps get here, Miles? Do you think about 5?
M: Maybe 5 minutes. Or maybe eleven-teen minutes. Or maybe three minutes. Or maybe two minutes. Or maybe eyebrow minutes.
A: Eyebrow minutes? That’s funny.
M: “Eyebrow” is a number. That’s how you say “two” in Spanish.
A 2-fer:
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M: It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. Bumped his head and fell out of bed…and couldn’t get up in the k-pot.
A:Â What’s a k-pot?
M:Â It’s kind of like a pot, only it’s not, and you dress up and have fun.
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M:Â I have a new version of “Twinkle, Twinkle.”
A:Â How’s it go?
M: Twinkle, twinkle little shoes. How I wonder what you muse.
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I don’t think he knows what “muse” means, but I congratulated him heartily anyway.
this moment (with special thanks to Darah)} – A Friday ritual.  A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.
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