How do you explain to a 2 and a half year old that you can’t take potatos to the public pool?
I mean, if it were our pool, it would be different.
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How do you explain to a 2 and a half year old that you can’t take potatos to the public pool?
I mean, if it were our pool, it would be different.
Why are you explaining it? Just tell him that potatoes are to play with only at home.
I really don’t know why I bother to explain things to him. It’s not like it makes an iota of difference in his mind.
I guess I keep trying so I’ll know when we’ve hit the Age of Reason.
You’re never going to reach the Age of Reason with him, owing to his native cuteness, which will always trump anything you throw at him. It’s a sad fact, my friend, you are on the horns of a dilemma.
Why does he want to take potatos to the pool? Do they even float?
You’ve obviously never taken potatoes to the pool yourself.
Why am I all of a sudden getting the feeling that I’ve been missing out on something?
I can not begin to fathom the mind of a toddler when it comes to his newfound joy of potatoes.
But I do know with authority from my potato-gun-at-the-houseboat days that they do indeed float. Even after they’ve been fired out of a potato gun.
Was he upset that you turned the potatos into french fries for dinner?
Like when we were upset to find out we were having Dirty Sally in her pork chop format for supper, you mean?
Yes. Only vegitarian.
Why can’t you take potatoes to the pool? I mean, I can guess why you can’t take 25 potatoes to the pool. But why can’t you take, you know, two?
Have you ever seen a potato floating in a public pool? Just imagine it.
I may have to walk down the street tomorrow and fling a potato or two into Glenn Lake pool
I just don’t want to be known as the people who bring the potatoes to the pool.
We’re weird enough for this neighborhood as it is.
“Son, we live in a society that has laws and an implied social contract. We accept limitations on personal conduct and ask the same of our fellow citizens in exchange for which we have public safety, community infrastructure, due process, and an orderly exchange of goods and services. Your right to carry around a potato with you ends where the next guys right to swim in a potato-free environment begins.
Don’t be an anarchist son.”
Or “cause I said so” for short.