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March 03, 2004

By the Power of Counter-Examples

she.jpgThis is what happens when you let philosophers have children. Zoë, as part of a multi-stage campaign to avoid going to sleep, asked me the other night, "What do 'safe' means?" Well, I explained (why do I let myself be drawn into these discussions?), when you're safe, nothing can hurt you. "Like tigers?" she asked. Right, like how here in the apartment you're safe from tigers, because they only live in the zoo and far away in the jungle, and there are bars on the doors and windows, and mommy and daddy are here. She pondered this for a moment. "You could still bonk your head." D'oh!

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Alan Kellogg

Zoe, you're three. You're supposed to bonk your head. It's your job. You bonk your head when you're three and get it out of your system. So you don't go and bonk your head when you're daddy's age and hurt yourself. (Old folks daddy's age are fragile.)

Posted by: Alan Kellogg | March 04, 2004 at 02:06 PM

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