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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Jun. 22nd, 2009 10:45 amLast night at the dinner table, Alex looked lovingly into my eyes and said, "Mom, when you die, a bunch of grownups can help, and we'll make you into a mummy."
What can you say in response to an offer like that? I decided to go with "Thank you."
Later on I remembered what I should have said.
"Alex, did you mean it when you said you would make me into a mummy when I die?"
"Uh huh."
"I don't want you to take my brain out through my nose."
She gave me the gentle but firm look that I gave her when she told me she didn't want to get her vaccines. "But that's how they do it."
End of discussion.
What can you say in response to an offer like that? I decided to go with "Thank you."
Later on I remembered what I should have said.
"Alex, did you mean it when you said you would make me into a mummy when I die?"
"Uh huh."
"I don't want you to take my brain out through my nose."
She gave me the gentle but firm look that I gave her when she told me she didn't want to get her vaccines. "But that's how they do it."
End of discussion.
