This kid cracks me up.

[rivka]

Alex: (handing wcg a toy dinosaur.) This is Apatosaurus.
wcg: When I was a little boy, we called this one Brontosaurus.

(The conversation continues for a couple of minutes.)

Alex: Here's T. Rex... when I was a little boy, we called this one 'Macasaurus.'



She had a huge smile on her face when she said it. She seemed to be thinking, "Okay, if we're going to make up new names for dinosaurs, I can play along with that. And if Uncle Bill is going to say something ridiculously silly, like that he used to be a little boy, then I can play along with that, too."

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

It's even funnier. Here's the pertinent part of the conversation:

B: (holding up Apatasaurus) When I was a little boy, we called this one Brontosaurus.

R: Yes, we called it a Brontosaurus too.

B: But then they learned it was called A-PAT-asaurus. Because it came from Ireland, and used to hang around with A-MIKE-asaurus.

A: This is T. Rex. When I was a little boy we called this one A-MIKE-asaurus.

So yes, I was corrupting the poor innocent child with Pat and Mike jokes.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Huh. I didn't hear it that way.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Either way it was awfully funny. I think we were all making an effort to keep from laughing too hard. I know I made the silly Pat-asaurus and Mike-asaurus comment, and I thought she was echoing the later part of that back at me along with the "When *I* was a little boy," part.