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The Imperials March On

30 Wednesday Oct 2019

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Katie and I were heading to the store.

Katie:  Maybe I should have worn more layers.

Me:  Yeah, it is cold.  The car says it is 40, but it feels more like 32.

Katie (Checking the weather on her phone):  This says it feels like 31 so you are close.

Me:  I knew it felt like it was freezing out there.

Katie:  In Celsius it is 4 degrees, but feels like -1.

Me:  I don’t think in Celsius, but it does feel like it is -1.

Katie:  I had to get used to using Celsius when I was telling people from other countries what the temperature was, so I am used to it.  I think our generation will be the one that changes us over to the metric system.

Me:  I don’t think that will happen, we were told the same thing when we were young.

Katie:  Yeah, but we were taught the metric system in school.

Me:  So were we.

Katie:  Well, in science class, we only used the metric system, so we were more immersed in it.

Me:  That is the same for us.  We used only the metric system in science as well.

Katie:  I thought the Challenger blowing up was much later.

Me:  What does that have to do with anything?

Katie:  They forgot to convert something into metric and that caused it to blow up.

Me:  It was an O-ring that caused the shuttle to blow up.  That is like a rubber washer and that happened when I was in school.

Katie (looking on her phone):  Oh it was the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999.  My teacher told us that because of this, they started using metric in science classes.

Me:  Well, she was mistaken. We were taught the metric system and they also taught us Roman numerals.

Katie:  They spent maybe 10 minutes teaching us about Roman numerals and my band director went off on that when we did not know when a piece of music was written, because we could not decipher the date.

 

 

 

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Game Of Thrones

22 Monday Jan 2018

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Me:  Katie, come sit on the toilet.

Katie: Why?

Me:  You just need to sit on the new toilet.

Joey:  Why do they want you to sit on the toilet?

Katie:  Because they are being stupid.  (Katie sits)  This is too tall, I hate it.

Joey:  (Tries out toilet)  This is tall.

Scot:  It is a man size toilet.

Katie:  Your feet are not supposed to dangle.

Joey:  Dangling feet is a good thing.

Katie:  Not when you’re pooping.  Or playing a wind instrument.

Scot:  Why would you play your trumpet while sitting on the toilet?

Katie:  I don’t, all of the chairs in the band room are too tall.  All chairs outside of elementary schools are too tall.

 

 

There’s Gold In Them There Parts

01 Friday Dec 2017

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(A Kohl’s commercial came on the radio)

Katie:  Did they just say, “Women’s underwear for only $37.50?”

Me:  I wasn’t paying attention.

Katie:  $37.50?  For some underwear?  That must be some really fancy underwear.  I would not pay that.

Me:  Maybe if they were lined with gold.

Katie:  For that price they’d better be seamless – and give me wifi.

 

 

I Need To Get Away From It All

03 Friday Feb 2017

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Katie:  Guess what song is stuck in my head.

Me:  (singing) Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama…

Katie: NO!  The theme to Steins;gate.

Me: Okay

Katie:  I like how Japanese rock songs use chromatic mediants to modulate.

Scot:  I have no idea what you are talking about.

Me:  Me neither, you are using music geek speak again.

Katie: It’s in the theme to… to… to… to…

Scot:  Steins;gate?

Katie:  NO!  No Game No Life, but that too.

Scot:  Now I am really lost.

Me:  You are welcome for the new song stuck in your head.

Beans, Beans, The Magical Fruit

27 Tuesday Sep 2016

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Scot:  Once when I was driving my old red Pinto–that car really was a piece of crap–

Katie:  Well, when you name a car after a bean…

Me:  It is named after a horse not a bean.

Katie:  There is a horse called a pinto?

 

What Is The Last Thing To Pass Through A Fly’s Mind?

16 Sunday Aug 2015

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Katie:  Oh!  It is so weird to see just the cab of a truck drive by.  It is like seeing just a fly’s head buzz by.

Me:  Um wow.

Oh The Humanity!

21 Saturday Mar 2015

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Katie:  Oscar (our kitten) is such a crazy proto-cat.

Sam:  What is a proto-cat?

Katie:  A cat prototype.

Sam:  So, am I a human prototype?

Katie:  Yes.

Sam:  Well, I think I am a full human.

Puttin’ on the Fitz

07 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Katie:  I am not totally inept at putting on a fitted sheet.

Me:  You are not inept at it?

Katie:  Well, not totally.

Me:  How long did it take you to put on the sheet?

Katie:  About 5 minutes.  I had to use trial and error.  I had no idea if the seams went under the mattress or on the corners.

Leave it to Malcolm

14 Sunday Dec 2014

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Katie:  What decade is Leave it to Beaver from?

Scot:  The 50’s.

Katie:  I thought it was the 90’s

Scot:  No, it was black and white.

Katie:  Oh I keep getting it mixed up with Malcolm in the Middle.

Selling My Religion

14 Sunday Sep 2014

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Katie:  (reading a sign on the side of the street)  Huge church sale that way?

Me:  There is a huge church for sale?

Katie:  Maybe it is like a garage sale, only more religious.

Katie:  Maybe they all get together and pray for bargains.

 

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