the wit and wisdom of Corwin, age 4-minus

[jrtom]

Scene: Corwin and I in a bathroom in my sister's house, where I'm helping him wash his hands at an overly tall sink. Corwin has just asked me about some minor detail of the arrangements in there (such as why the towels are where they are--in any case, the kind of detail about which I have zero information and can't usefully speculate). This is on the heels of a string of similar questions, and I'm feeling somewhat beleaguered.

me: "Corwin, why are you asking me this question?"

Corwin: "Because you're here."

This caused all present, once it was related to them, to start laughing their asses off. I think that it's the fact that, conceptually, it's where four-year-olds' straight answers, existentialist philosophy, and a certain flavor of humor (simultaneously invoking and denying a deep significance to the answer) collide that my friends are often fond of. (Fortunately for me.)

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Scene: unimportant, really, but I think we were in the car at the time.

me: "Hey, Corwin, can you say 'If you ask me a silly question, I'll give you a silly answer?'"

Corwin: "Can you say 'I like to eat cars?'"

[a few days later, the above question repeated]

Corwin: "Applesauce yogurt and porcupine."

I think he's about ready to get introduced to British absurdist humor.

Comments

[karjack.livejournal.com]

This child is made of awesome. :)

Justice

[fdmts.livejournal.com]

I think you have the child you deserve. Good luck.

Re: Justice

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Heh. One way or another, I hope you're right.