Grandboy (playing an old-school dungeon crawler video game): Ah! My character. He’s dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grandboy: Huh? (distracted by the game, as his other guys are still in battle) O I got the monster. He’s dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grandboy: Why do you keep saying, “Jim” when I say, “He’s dead”?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(I proceed to teach him about Bones McCoy, and now this phrase is in his lexicon. Apologies to mamasan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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