Of course, many geniuses become mad scientists…
A Living Room Conversation Between Father And Daughter
My 15-year-old: Hey, Skippy?
Skippy (That’d be me.): (Sighing.) If you need money, you’ve picked the wrong summer.
Sarah: No kidding! I have more money than you do this year – and I don’t even have a job! I have a question.
Me: In that case, what can I do for you, kid?
Sarah: The word “extraordinary”, what exactly does it mean?
Me: Let’s put it this way, your mother never uses it when she speaks of me.
Sarah: So it means above average?
Me: Yep.
Sarah: But when you break it down, it actually means “extra ordinary”. So shouldn’t it actually mean twice as ordinary?
Me: (Pondering just where the kid’s genius sprang from.) Well, when you put it that way… yes. But according to every teacher you’ll ever deal with… it doesn’t.
Sarah: How do you like that? For once I didn’t have to leave the room to find Mom while you sat there with a strange look on your face. Good going, Skippy!
Me: You do realize I’ll be mobile again someday, don’t you?
Sarah: You don’t scare me, Skippy.
Me: I know where you sleep and I stay up later, kid.
Sarah: Good luck. By the way, I read your book again last night.
Me: Oh yeah?
Sarah: Yeah. It was extraordinary.
In that moment I realized how razor thin the line between pride and revulsion is…
You've Been Hooked! 
I’m so happy to read a funny post 🙂
Any harmonica report? Don’t tell me I should have sent a kazoo??
You did send a kazoo, silly lady! You covered all the bases!
Oh yay! I’m smarter than I remembered. Which maybe means… never mind…
You never fail to brighten my day, Ann. Way to go!
Sorry Hook, she’s a fucking genius and your only consolation (ever) is going to have to be that you spawned her, I’m afraid. There is no other way to let you down easy Cobber…I’ve got 4 (that’s fucking of the bastards!) teenagers and they all know they’re smarter than me. Get better bro. REDdog
That kid is quick on her feet, ain’t she?
Skippy. 😀
They are all as bad, apparently… 🙂
It sounds like you have and extraordinary kid!
Hahahaha! I LOVE your kid! She is all kinds of awesome.
Wow….the apple doesn’t fall far…..she is awesome!
Sure, you’ll be mobile again some day, but I have a feeling she’ll always faster. Physically and mentally it would seem. But you still have the advantage of the frequent need for diaper changes as you get older.
Good God, Ned! Yeah, that was funny.
Just doing what I can to keep Robert’s spirits up. Or break them. I haven’t decided which…
NEVER undermine the brain power of teenagers. NEVER. No matter how innocent. Hang in there, You’ll see signs one of these days…Maybe. Might depend on your family…just saying. 😮
See…whenever you start getting down on yourself just take a gander at that exceptional young lady and repeat this in your head (or out loud whichever works for you), “I made that!”
Keep that in your back pocket for when she sticks the knife in. Kids will occasionally do that, too. All you can hope for is a preponderance towards pride.
Gotta love that kid…let the games begin
Really like your first line and the last line. Nicely done.
Great post, “Skippy.” Made me LOL. Sounds like you hit the jackpot with a fun wife and kid.
She is extra smart! And that word extraordinary has always bothered me.
lol
That word has always confuddled me too. I mean, who wants to be 2 doses of ordinary? And why does it mean something entirely different when put together?
I can’t fault her on her logic.
It doesn’t mean “more ordinary.” It means “more than ordinary. 😆
Out of the mouths of babes… 🙂
Ooooh, I do love a smart woman!
Classic. She’s a smart one, that’s for sure.
Looks like being extraordinary is genetic!
That’s the real reason we have kids – they keep us firmly in our place no matter what.
Haha, your daughter is a genius. And she’s not the only one to be wondering about that wonderful wonderful word – extraordinary. Seems us oldies aren’t as good as we thought we were.
I have mostly been away from the computer for awhile and it saddens me to return and find out that you’re all laid up after an accident!! I hope you start feeling better and gain more mobility soon! At least you have a genius daughter to entertain you during the recovery process, though!
Kids. Aren’t they cute?
The kind of logic that also works brilliantly in cartoons 🙂 She’s a star ha.
How much longer to you have to be Skippy? Hope the end is in sight.
There should be some news on the healing front this week. I hope luck is finally on my side; I’m going stir crazy and I miss earning greenbacks! The Hook needs some new comics!