One time I had a kid (10 years I think) ask me if Einstein was named Einstein because he was so smart. I said no, it's the other way around. Kid thought that over for ten seconds and then I could see the light come on in his eyes: Insight, revelation, then awe. Yeah, I said. Einstein was SO smart they named smart after him, said the kid. It made me tear up a bit.
Just had a kid ask me why a band (Nero) was named after a CD burning program.
ReplyDeleteOne time I had a kid (10 years I think) ask me if Einstein was named Einstein because he was so smart. I said no, it's the other way around. Kid thought that over for ten seconds and then I could see the light come on in his eyes: Insight, revelation, then awe. Yeah, I said. Einstein was SO smart they named smart after him, said the kid. It made me tear up a bit.
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ReplyDeleteI'm... I'm just going to go weep in the corner now.
-Somewhere, right now, Brad Jones is weeping uncontrollably...
ReplyDelete-and Malcolm Mcdowell is laughing maniacally.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's just me.
Honestly, though, I want to buy the original of this one. Pure genius of the absurd moment.
ReplyDelete@HarlotBug3 - check out the OVC from 7/30/10; a deathless classic.
ReplyDeleteWhy would they? Unless they want more kittens to die of course.
ReplyDeleteThere's already been a Debbie Does Dallas comic, dude. What did you have in mind?
ReplyDeleteJust buy Heavy Metal magazine, same thing.
ReplyDeleteIs that Spoony?
ReplyDeleteMore like the Cinema Snob.
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