Sunday, May 24, 2009

Spencer's questions


Michael here. When I got home from late church meetings,

Spencer and David were “asking each other questions.” Turns out it was a kind of quiz game. They followed me upstairs and Spencer asked me some:

S. Okay, who is the king of the sea, is blue, is huge, and has teeth like giant forns (thorns)?

Me: (defaulting to his favorite sea creature) a blue whale.

S: Right. One point. Who is the BOSS of the sea?

Me: (defaulting to second-favorite) great white shark.

S: Two points. What is the capital of New York?

Me: (because he's never heard of Albany) New York City

S: Another point. Come on, David, he’s beating you.What is the capital of Salt Lake?

Me: Salt Lake City.

S: Right. How does electricity make things go?

Me: Energy.

S: (thinking about whether he’s going to allow that). Four points. How do they get paper to tell you things?

Me: Black ink.

S: Nope. That’s what they do now. I’m talking about the olden days. (after I give up). Grape juice. They used grape juice.

2 comments:

Mauri said...

Love it! Mike and I especially enjoyed the grape juice answer. Where do they come up with these things?!

Catherine said...

You never now what he might say. And that is coming from his sister.