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old and stupid

Conversations with the five-year-old:

5yo: Mommy, I really like those animal movies Oma got me. I want to watch them over and over again.

Me (smiling): Yeah, I do that sometimes too with stuff I really like.

5yo: Mommy, when you were a little child, did you like to watch movies over and over, just like me?

Me: Well, when I was a little kid we couldn't watch movies at home the way you can. I mean, we had television. And we could go to the movie theater and see movies there. But we couldn't watch movies on our TV.

5yo: Oh.

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5yo: Mommy, why do they only have orca whales at theme parks?

Me: Well, they have other kinds of...oh, whales. Oh, I guess not. Maybe because orcas are easy to train?

5yo: But Mommy, they're *not* easy to train. Those things are huge!

Me: Well, they're probably easier to train than other types of whales. Like...belugas. Or...humpbacks.

5yo: Why can't they train a humpback whale?

Me: Well, they're...humpbacks are big. Really big. Bigger than orcas.

5yo (changing the subject): Mommy, can you feed a hippo, or would it bite you?

Me: It would probably bite you. Hippos are a lot meaner than they look.

5yo: (thinking) So a shark would be easier to feed than a hippo?

Me: Well, probably. Because they only stay in water. A hippo could come out of the water and get you. I think.

5yo: Okay, so feeding a shark would be okay. Feeding a hippo or a crocodile would not be a good idea.

Me: ?????


(To be fair, both conversations did take place in the early morning, pre-coffee.)