Random Esquire

I spoke with my sister this morning.  Her son is 18 months old.  She put him on the phone and he said, “Boom boom POW!”

I said, “What?”

He said, “BOOM BOOM POW!”

Then my sister picked up the phone and said, “He likes that song by the Black Eye Peas.”  I laughed because I was shocked her kids had heard something other than Mozart.

I mentioned that I was going to go skydiving in Seattle.

My sister said dryly, “Why are you going to Seattle for that? Don’t they have that locally?”

I assured her that we did but that I was going with friends in Seattle.  She was quiet for a moment and then said:

“I THINK THAT IS RETARDO.”

Then I got a lecture.  Have I mentioned that she is my older sister?  I thought she had gone skydiving and so I mentioned this to her.  She said:

“I WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING THAT STUPID.  I DON’T WANT TO DIE BY SPLATTING.”

I hadn’t thought of that before.  Oh well.  I think it will be fun.