Me: What does a milkman bring?<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Milk<\/p>\n
Me: What does a mailman bring?<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Mail<\/p>\n
Me: What does a fireman bring?<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Um<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Fire supplies!<\/p>\n
Me: What kind of supplies?<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Um. Hmm. Ah! Water!<\/p>\n
Me: So we should call him a ‘waterman’.<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Yes! We’ll call the waterman in case of fire, because the fireman will bring fire and burn down the house!<\/p>\n
—-<\/p>\n
I’ll save the discussion about ‘garbageman’ for another day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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