Had to laugh in sympathy here. I once had a conversation with one of my kids that went like this:
"We know you aren't stupid - how can someone as smart as you obviously are not figure out that you are supposed to do 'X' when you have been told literally at least a thousand times to do it? Why do we have to tell you two or three times every single day?"
"What I can't figure out is how parents who are as smart as you guys are can't figure out that if you've told me a thousand times to do something, and I'm still not doing it, I'm obviously not going to..."
(This was the same child who, at the age of 2, when I, in utter frustration said aloud, but under my breath, "What part of "No!" don't you understand?", looked up at me and calmly answered "The part that applies to me.")
