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Awesome! I like your family....LOL

I loved reading this thread.
DS2 who just turned 7 this month just finished an 8 page report on his favorite book Matilda for school. At the end he wrote - "This report all 8 pages of it was written by me with no help from mom, dad or brother.(P.S. No sister or pet at home to help)"
And he spelled Matilda as Mathilda because she was so good at math.

I love this thread too--thanks, HK! Danse Macabre is one of my favorite pieces, so I'm going to have to try to find that Liszt arrangement. I really enjoy the versions that are crisp.

And one problem with being able to shoot fire out of your butt that I can imagine is, without eyes in the back of your head, wouldn't it be difficult to aim accurately? The collateral damage could be significant

It comes with some obvious advantages, though, over other options:

- Shoot fire out of your eyes... temporarily blinded. How can you track a moving target?

- Breathe fire through nose and mouth... takes the joy out of dining. You might as well have a diet of charcoal.

I'd say her husband has given this some serious thought and come up with the least-worst solution.

Oh, we discussed solutions to any number of resultant problems with this particular superpower. That guy from the Village People who wears the chaps? Yeah; he definitely has the right idea. A cape or regular tights would be a serious problem if you were that kind of superhero. (My family as a whole has raised "irreverent sense of humor" to an art form.)

Needless to say, my DD's favorite literature selection of all time is Swift's Modest Proposal. Atta girl.

Dbat-- I think it may have been Horowitz playing, but it was Saint-Saens/Liszt, certainly.

rachr-- No pets helped... LOL! I love it!!


Av-- we definitely regard the entire house as a potential experimental zone. Then again, we don't entertain much. It would require some odd explanations at times, that much is certain.

Oh. Oh my. Oh. My. Goodness. Shooting coffee out of my nose at work makes for a very messy keyboard. That's just hilarious.

LOL! An aspiring rectal flamethrower! (Three words I bet none of us ever expected would be joined coherently on this forum...)

What a tool for DH to have in his...err...arsenal.

My choice superpower would be to emit a "ray of rationality". Just think of the havoc I could wreak!!!

Yes, I was (personally), torn between the power of flying...

and an "enlightenment wand" with which I could thump 'correct' deserving people.



DD wanted a "stun ray" for making stupidity actively painful.

That was before Dad weighed in, though.

I think DD got two copies of this particular gene, but I still recall her stamping a foot and crossing both arms in a 6yo snit--

"I hate it when everyone around here is CLEVERER AND MORE WITTY THAN I AM!!" The hilarious part was that she was actually serious, at least in the moment.

Hubby has learned to bring the coffee into the bathroom with him.

I love the cat comment.

We have a new-to-us feline who insists standing upon my bladder first thing is the best wake up call. He loves to watch potty activities.