Monday Minute: Margaret, the show girl of the USNA
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Me: Hey, bud. How was school?
James: Great! No homework.
Me: Can I see your folder? I see a study sheet in here on the city, state and country where we live (seriously? this is what they’re testing him on?). Are you ready for the big test?
James: Yeah.
Me: Fine – what city do you live in?
James: New York.
Me: Right, but what part?
James: Colonial Road. (Okay, perhaps some review is a good idea)
Me: No, like what borough?
James: Brooklyn.
Me: Great – and what state?
James: The United States.
Me: What part of the United States?
James: The United States of America.
Me: No, but which state of the United States?
James: North America.
Me: No, James –
James: South America.
Me: James –
James: North and South America.
Me: Hey! Look at me! Say this – Brooklyn, New York, United States.
James: Brooklyn, New York, United States of North America.
Me: Brooklyn.
James: Brooklyn.
Me: New York.
James: New York City.
Me: New York State.
James: North America.
Me: New York State.
James: New York.
Me: State.
James: State.
Me: United States.
James: of North –
Me: U. S. A.
James (chanting): USA, USA, USA.
Margaret (squeezing herself in between the liquor cabinet and wall): Make way for the honorable Margaret!!!
Me: What are you doing in there Margaret?
Margaret: Getting ready.
Me: Are you being a judge?
Margaret: No, I’m a show girl.
Me: You are not. Just be a judge.
James: Let her be a show girl, mom.
Me: I think dad would prefer a Supreme Court justice.
James: I will be the league of justice (what?) and Margaret is the show girl.
Me: This is getting crazy. You can be a judge if you tell me where you live.
James: Okay.
Me: Maybe you can introduce Margaret’s show by saying where she lives.
James: Okay. Pre-sen-tinnnnnggg, Margaret! The show girl of Brooklyn New York!
Me: Oh brother (Margaret comes out wearing a butterfly mask, toddler bikini top and ruffle skirt)
James: From Colonial Road –
Margaret: No! I’m from the princess palace!
James: There are no princesses in New York, you should just be that show girl.
Margaret: Okay, let’s try it again. (squeezes back behind liquor cabinet)
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Seriously, let’s try this again.
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