Gretchen (describing a teacher): “the woman is tiny! I swear she’s like 110”
Wee Boy: no way! How can anybody live that long!
Author Archives: Dave McAnally
How the Wee Boy Came Into the World
Wee Boy: so mom..when I was born did I come out of your penis?
Marley: well women don’t have penises
Wee Boy: What do you mean? Why not?
Marley: well they have something else
Wee Boy: so point to where I came out of you
Marley: well you’ll learn
Wee Boy: did I pop out like a balloon?
Marley: sure why not
Unquestionable Evolutionary truth
Wee Boy: Dave did you know all people came from apes?
Me: well a specific kind of ape.
Wee Boy: yeah ones that were alive.
Van Gogh doesn’t live up to expectations
Wee Boy: we sit at a table in art class called the Van Gogh Table
Me: oh yeah? Do you know who Vincent Van Gogh was?
Wee Boy: a sumo wrestler?
Me: He was a famous painter. He painted some very famous paintings. He was kind of crazy too.
Wee Boy: well I kind of wish he was a sumo wrestler
If you have to choose
Wee Boy: so Dave, which smell do you hate more? Car gas or people gas?
He Might Not Be Wrong
Question on wee boy’s homework: Why do you think someone would choose to take the dangerous profession of a logger? Wee Boy’s answer: Because they’re dumb.
Barney isn’t Real
Wee Boy: Dave did you know Barney isn’t a real dinosaur? He’s a fake?
Me: (sarcastically) He’s not??
Wee Boy: nope. He’s a naked man in a suit and sometimes he smokes.
Nailing It
Wee Boy: Dave with that mustache, you totally look like a guy with a mustache
Vocabulary Shortcomings
Marley: Matthew don’t argue with me put your coat on!
Wee Boy: I’m not arguing
Marley: yes you are. Stop it!
Wee Boy: No I’m not!
Marley: Yes you are you’re doing it now!
Wee Boy: mom how can I be arguing? I don’t even know what arguing means!
Keeping Options Open
Wee Boy: Mom, now I’m going to be asking Santa for an alligator this year. Please don’t tell him not to bring it because then he won’t
Musings From the Wee Boy 