Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The bullshit radar* is strong in this one

Dexter: what's in that wall panel?

Me: a time vortex spanning the universe.

Dexter: I don't believe you. It's too thin.

Me: that's the glory of the time vortex; it fits in small spaces.

Dexter: time vortexes don't exist. 

Me: how do you know? I mean really, How Do You Know?

Dexter: I've never seen one.

Me: you've never seen a zebra. Maybe they don't exist either.

Dexter: Zebras exist. they are in books.

Me: so are time vortexes.

Dexter: yeah, but that's SciFiction Mommy. 

Me: still, how do you know zebras exist and not time vortexes?

Dexter: cause people come back from trips saying they saw zebras. no one brags about seeing a time vortex.

Me: shit. you win. 


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*(he also called us bullshit-liars when it was  suggested God distributed peanut sauce and that he should call God [555.LOVE] to voice his upset that our local grocery store doesn't carry it.)

3 comments:

Brato said...

You gave in too quickly. Just because Dexter has never met or heard of people bragging about time vortexes doesn't make his statement a valid one. Time vortexes might still exist. Maybe even in that wall. Just for a moment. That's why they call them TIME vortexes. Becauses they are there sometimes, and sometimes they aren't.

Brato said...

I might add that people don't usually brag about time vortexes, even if they've seen them, because everyone would think they're crazy weirdos who belong in an asylum and nobody would believe them because usually people are as arrogant and ignorant as your young one there, straightforwardly neglegting what might very well exist.
You gave in too quickly.

Don't cry, time vortex, I believe in you. It'll be alright. It'll be alright. Don't listen to them fools.

Astrid Rose said...

hmmm. I'll try harder next time.