Carter’s reading Danny Dunn again- this time on his own. I sat down next to him to hear his thoughts on Danny’s latest adventure.
Carter: You know, if you had a giant superconductor, you could attach it to the front of a car and the car would never hit another car.
In fact, if you were wearing a watch, and you tried to touch it, it would push your arm back and away.
sits for a while, imagining said car
However, if it were a superconductor, you couldn’t really attach it to a car, could you?
Then later, I came home from my run to find Carter staring at a pot of water on the stove.
Me: You watching for it to boil? Testing the old theory?
Carter: What?
Me: A watched pot never boils?
Carter: (feigning patience) No, Mom, I’m keeping the macaroni from burning. That saying isn’t true. Watched pots always boil.
Me: What?
Carter: Tom said so.
Me: What?
Carter: Tom of the Nelson-Lairds.
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What if the pot is empty, Carter? Huh, smart guy? Is an empty pot going to boil?
Kids today don’t know nothin’. When I was your age, I was twelve.