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Jay Lake
Date: 2009-10-18 16:30
Subject: [child] Wit and wisdom of the Child, weekend edition
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Wit and wisdom of the_child, as excerpted from conversations we had in the car driving to and from my parents' beach house this weekend.

Concerning raindrops on the windshield: "How come they don't all roll up the windshield by themselves? Why do they combine and make little rivers?"

Concerning the English language: "If we want people to learn English, why did we decide to make all these crazy words that sound alike but spell differently? Whose idea was that? Why don't we change it?"

Concerning the sky: "Oh, look at those cirrus clouds. Like souls in the sky. Souls caught in spiderwebs."
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robin catesby
User: deedop
Date: 2009-10-18 23:34 (UTC)
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There's a seriously creepy story nugget in that last one.

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russ: esperanto-flago
User: goulo
Date: 2009-10-19 06:43 (UTC)
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Concerning her question concerning the English language: that's one of the reasons Esperanto is nice! Send her to lernu.net. :)
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Jay Lake
User: jaylake
Date: 2009-10-19 11:46 (UTC)
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We actually discussed Esperanto in precisely this context.
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