Logic

A & I were talking in the truck this morning. She was reading a book that Mom had gotten for Miss E. She got the page with the hunting kitty. She asked me if cats hunt. I told her they do.

Using a lion as an example, I mentioned that cats hunt differently from the way people hunt.

A's reply... "People go hunting at comissaries... at Krogers... going out to eat at restaurants..."

Conversation

Me: Are we going to have to work on knocking and asking permission to come into my room?

A: Oh man! I forgot!

Me: I've noticed.

A: I just keep barging in to your room!

Later...

A knock at the door. "May I come in?"

Me: Sure.

A (opening the door): Now I didn't barge in this time!

conversation

N came into my room yesterday crying and holding the side of her head.

I asked what had happened.

She told me she had hit her head on the clock in the dining room.

I asked her how she managed to hit the clock because it was fairly high up on the wall.

N's answer... "Mommy. I'm tall."

Overheard

Last night as I peeled oranges for my girls to eat, A approached me with 2 orange slices.

When she told me I had forgotten to take them apart, I told her I thought I had gotten all of the slices separated.

Her response..."You surely did not!"

What fun things have you overheard lately?

Weekend trip

We went to Wilmington this weekend to look for motorcycle gloves for Michael and a Moby wrap for me. I took these along the way.

I thought the cloud shape and color was interesting.

My first thought when I saw this was that it was quite appropriate for a tree shaped like a cross to be standing outside of the door to the church.

I liked the "traffic circle" fountain. The circle was more of a veer a bit to the right to get around the fountain, but N called it a traffic circle. The steeple in the background above the trees is the church in the picture above.

We were stopped at a red light when I saw these in the median. I thought their brilliant color was beautiful for such a cool fall day.

This gate has always amused me. When I first saw it, I wondered why anyone would put up a gate, with a padlock and chain, but not have it connected to anything. And to make it even more confusing, it appears that there used to be traffic in this area that simply drove around the gate.

Silent debate

Silent Battle With The Pope

Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to leave Italy. There was, of course, a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal.

He would have a religious debate with a leader of the Jewish community. If the Jewish leader won the debate, the Jews would be permitted to stay in Italy. If the Pope won, the Jews would have to leave.

The Jewish community met and picked an aged Rabbi, Moishe, to represent them in the debate. Rabbi Moishe, however, could not speak Latin and the Pope could not speak Yiddish. So it was decided that this would be a "silent" debate.

On the day of the great debate, the Pope and Rabbi Moishe sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.

Rabbi Moishe looked back and raised one finger.

Next, the Pope waved his finger around his head.

Rabbi Moishe pointed to the ground where he sat.

The Pope then brought out a communion wafer and chalice of wine.Rabbi Moishe pulled out an apple.

With that, the Pope stood up and said, "I concede the debate. This man has bested me. The Jews can stay."

Later, the Cardinals gathered around the Pope, asking him what had happened.

The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions. Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground to show that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and the wafer to show that God absolves us of our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?"

Meanwhile, the Jewish community crowded around Rabbi Moishe, asking what happened.

"Well," said Moishe, "first he said to me, 'You Jews have three days to get out of here.' So I said to him, 'Up yours'. Then he tells me the whole city would be cleared of Jews. So I said to him, 'Listen here Mr. Pope, the Jews ... we stay right here!"

"And then?" asked a woman.

"Who knows?" said Rabbi Moishe. "We broke for lunch."