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Jan. 21st, 2005 12:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
falcongrrlConversations 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.)
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.)
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Date: 2005-01-21 05:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-21 05:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-21 06:02 pm (UTC)Too funny!
I had to pause and think about the first dialogue, with the movies. I surprised myself with the realization that I didn't grow up with movies or the like on a pre-recorded medium.
Erp.
Actually, I don't think I watched movies on tape or disk till the 90's. o.O
On a related note, it sort of reminds me of a conversation I had with someone on FurryMUCK. I was talking about how I was so taken in by the original Star Wars when it first came out. My chat-companion mentioned, "Yeah, I was born when that cane out."
Ack. Why do I feel so old?
-- Me
from Beth
Date: 2005-01-22 04:54 am (UTC)You'd better hope that 5yo never gets close to a shark! Or your 2yo either, because she'd probably feed it w/o bothering to ask you first whether it was a good idea.