Tuesday, March 31, 2009

On Arguing, How to Do It Without Parental Intervention

Here's an argument overheard today: 

Ingrid: Lewis is cute and funny.
Lewis: No, I'm not.
Ingrid: Yes, you're cute.
Lewis: NO.
Nelly: And funny, too.
Lewis, now seriously annoyed: NO I AM NOT CUTE AND FUNNY!
Ingrid: Yes, you are.
Lewis: That's harassing me, Ingrid.  Mom said not to harass me.
Nelly: Are you a man or a mouse, Lewis?  
Lewis: That's harassing, too, Nelly.  
Lewis, suddenly getting his feet under him: Well, I think you're cute and funny.
Ingrid: No, you're cute and funny.
Lewis: YOU are.  
Ingrid: Cute and funny, cute and funny!

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The reason this goes on for so long without interruption is because the parents, who might otherwise intervene, are actually in stitches on the floor.  


4 comments:

Namma said...

I can't blame you parents. I'm in stitches over here! Personally, I think they are *all* cute and funny. Hopefully that will be better received, coming from a Namma. Nelly's "man or mouse" comment is hilarious!

Emma Rose said...

Aaaand now so is Aunt Rose.

Claire said...

Well, to be perfectly honest, this is a condensation of something that went on for more like ten or fifteen minutes. And it was thanks to a sort of intervention from Daddy that Lewis finally figured out how to handle it.

Anonymous said...

The condensed version was hysterical...love the 'man or mouse' tooo funny!